Robert Wilder
Description
Robert Wilder wurde am 23. Januar 1901 in Richmond (Virginia) als Sohn einer spanischen Mutter und eines schottischen Vaters geboren. In Daytona Beach absolvierte er die Schulen. Im Jahr 1917 trat er in die Armee für den Ersten Weltkrieg ein, indem er sein Alter etwas höher angab. Nach Kriegsende zog er nach New York, wo er sich an der Columbia-Universität einschrieb. Dort verkaufte er seinen ersten Artikel an eine Tageszeitung. Nach dem Studium arbeitete Wilder vier Jahre bei einem Theaterpresse-Agenten und lernte dort das ›Geschäft kennen. Nach dieser Zeit machte er sich selbständig und arbeitete in erster Linie für Rundfunk und Zeitungen. Er bekam bei der »New York Sun« eine eigene tägliche Spalte, für die er fast neun Jahre lang schrieb. Seit den letzten drei Jahren wohnt er in Mexiko, wo er noch zusätzlich als Korrespondent für den »Miami Herold« arbeitet. Robert Wilder ist verheiratet und hat einen Sohn.
Books
The sun is my shadow
Rich young heiress makes a name for herself as newspaperwoman during the twenties and thirties, but neglects her husband and child.
Tales from the teachers' lounge
From the critically acclaimed author of Daddy Needs a Drink--hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "consistently hilarious"--comes a series of irreverent, wickedly observant essays about what it really means to be a teacher today. With his trademark wit and wisdom, Robert Wilder dissects the world's noblest profession--whether he's taming a classroom full of hormonal teenagers or going one-on-one with the school bully.Wilder was twenty-six when he found his true calling. Leaving a lucrative advertising career in New York, he got a job as an assistant first-grade teacher at a Santa Fe alternative school--and never looked back. Now he brings his unique perspective--as a teacher, parent, and former student--to a series of laugh-out-loud essays that show teaching at its most absurd...and most rewarding. With brutal candor he chronicles his own lively adventures in modern education, from navigating cutthroat kindergarten sign-ups to subbing for a class experi-ment gone wrong--and dares to tell about it.He shares the surprising lessons he's learned in the trenches of his profession, including how to bribe a four-year-old (his own) to stop swearing in a Lutheran preschool and the best way to teach moody teenagers...manage "helicopter" parents...and cope with bullies--whether of the school-yard, Internet, or parental kind. And he offers tough love for cheaters who log on to www.SchoolSucks.com, then puts to rest forever the question of why new teachers gain weight (hint: the free donuts don't help).In Tales from the Teachers' Lounge, Robert Wilder charts life's learning curve with a warmth and humor you don't find in textbooks. By turns heartwarming, eye-opening, and uproariously funny, these pitch-perfect essays offer priceless lessons in life, family, learning, and teaching from a true lover of education.From the Hardcover edition.
Out of the blue
After moving to Minot, North Dakota, with his mother, the first female base commander, Air Force dependent Stu Ballentyne gradually becomes aware that something terrible is going on in his neighbor's house.
Plough the Sea
"The bold and powerful novel of an island in the sun, the man who ruled it, and the woman who loved him."
Fruit of the poppy
A tale which primarily focuses on Heroin smuggling and a Raymond Chandleresque undercover agents escapades with Mob type characters in Mexico, L.A. and Chicago is told with realistic aplomb deft landscaping... --Redcrowdog at Amazon.com.