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Nathaniel Benchley

Born

in Newton, Massachusetts, The United States

November 13, 1915

Died

December 14, 1981

Website

http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/11795/Nath...

Genre

Children's Books, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

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Born in Newton, Massachusetts to a literary family, he was the son of Gertrude Darling and Robert Benchley (1889-1945), the noted American writer, humorist, critic, actor, and one of the founders of the Algonquin Round Table in New York City.

Nathaniel Benchley was the highly-respected author of many children's/juvenile books that provided learning for the youthful readers with stories of various animals or through the book's historical settings. Benchley dealt with diverse locales and topics such as "Bright Candles", which recounts the experiences of a 16-year-old Danish boy during the German occupation of his country in World War II; and "Small Wolf", a story about a Native American boy who meets white men on the island of Manhattan and le ...more

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Nathaniel Benchley’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 2,155 ratings · 311 reviews · 72 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sam the Minuteman (I Can Read Level 3) by Nathaniel Benchley, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 1969 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oscar Otter (I Can Read Level 1) by Nathaniel Benchley, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1966 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George the Drummer Boy (I Can Read Level 3) by Nathaniel Benchley, Don Bolognese (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 1977 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Ghost Named Fred (An I Can Read Book) by Nathaniel Benchley, Ben Shecter (Illustrations) 3.72 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1968 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Fox and His Canoe (I Can Read Level 1) by Nathaniel Benchley, Arnold Lobel 3.82 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1964 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bright Candles: a novel of the Danish resistance 4.21 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Off-Islanders 3.80 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1961 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck 4.22 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1967 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Wolf by Nathaniel Benchley, Nathaniel Benchley 3.70 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1972 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only Earth and Sky Last Forever 3.83 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1972 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Nathaniel Benchley (?)

“This is a work of fiction, and the people in it are fictitious. The ghosts are real.”
― Nathaniel Benchley, The Visitors

tags: fiction, ghost-story, humor

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“Nick got home the first week in December, to find New York still wallowing in its post-Armistice euphoria. Service men were celebrities wherever they went, and nothing was too good for them-especially the ones who were wounded-until it came down to such practical matters as finding housing or a job...It too him awhile to come to the conclusion that all the talk about help for veterans was just that, and anything that was done for him would have to be done by himself.”
― Nathaniel Benchley, Speakeasy

tags: fiction, humor

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