John Matteson

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For the Danish-American activist, see John G. Matteson.

John Matteson (born March 3, 1961) is an American professor of English and legal writing at

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his first book, Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father.[2]

Born in San Mateo, California, Matteson is the son of Thomas D. Matteson (1920–2011), an airline executive jointly responsible for developing the theory of reliability-centered maintenance, and Rosemary H. Matteson (1920–2010), who worked as a commercial artist before becoming a homemaker.

Matteson attended

John Pelham
.

Matteson appeared in the 2018 documentary Orchard House: Home of Little Women.[7]

Matteson is a former treasurer of the Melville Society and is a member of the Louisa May Alcott Society's advisory board. Matteson is a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society and has served as the deputy director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography. He married Michelle Rollo in 1991. They have a daughter.

He is not the same person as the John Matteson who, as a professor of speech at Los Angeles City College in 2008, allegedly barred a student from giving a classroom speech in opposition to same-sex marriage.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Three New CUNY Distinguished Professors – CUNY Newswire – CUNY". Cuny.edu. 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  2. ^ Richard Ellmann. "The Pulitzer Prizes | Biography or Autobiography". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  3. ^ Matteson, John Thomas (1983). "The Confederate Cotton Embargo, 1861-1862: A Study in States' Rights". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "John T. Matteson". 23 March 2014.
  5. ^ "The Annotated Little Women". wwnorton.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  6. ISBN 978-0393247077
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  7. ^ Turnquist, Jan (2018-05-20), Orchard House: Home of Little Women (Documentary, Short), Zareen Karani Araoz, Dylan Baker, Caroline Dunbar, Willa Fitzgerald, retrieved 2020-11-27
  8. New York Times
    (2009-02-20). Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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