Author. He was an American author as well as a journalist, historian, playwright, and major figure in arts and letters that flourished in Chicago following World War I. After starting a journalism career in Philadelphia in 1913 with "North American," he remained until 1915, when he left to work for the "Chicago Herald." During World War I, Lewis enlisted in the Navy and served for one year before working as a movie publicist and advertising director. He joined the "Chicago Daily News" in 1930 as a drama critic, becoming subsequently sports editor, managing editor, and a popular columnist. His published work included "Chicago: The History of Its Reputation" in 1929, with Henry Justin Smith; "Jayhawkers, a three-act Broadway play coauthored with 1930 Nobel Prize recipient Sinclair Lewis in 1935; and as an American Civil War historian, he authored the highly regarded biographies "Sherman: Fighting Prophet", and "Captain Sam Grant," along with "Myths of Lincoln." Described as an adventurous blur between fact and fiction, he published "Oscar Wilde Discovers America" in 1936. Born into a Quaker household, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College in 1913 and was honored with a Doctor of Letters from Northwestern University in 1947. He married Kathryn Dougherty, a journalist, on December 30, 1925. They had no children. Their home was commissioned by Frank Lloyd Wright. Lloyd Lewis died unexpectedly of a heart attack.
Author. He was an American author as well as a journalist, historian, playwright, and major figure in arts and letters that flourished in Chicago following World War I. After starting a journalism career in Philadelphia in 1913 with "North American," he remained until 1915, when he left to work for the "Chicago Herald." During World War I, Lewis enlisted in the Navy and served for one year before working as a movie publicist and advertising director. He joined the "Chicago Daily News" in 1930 as a drama critic, becoming subsequently sports editor, managing editor, and a popular columnist. His published work included "Chicago: The History of Its Reputation" in 1929, with Henry Justin Smith; "Jayhawkers, a three-act Broadway play coauthored with 1930 Nobel Prize recipient Sinclair Lewis in 1935; and as an American Civil War historian, he authored the highly regarded biographies "Sherman: Fighting Prophet", and "Captain Sam Grant," along with "Myths of Lincoln." Described as an adventurous blur between fact and fiction, he published "Oscar Wilde Discovers America" in 1936. Born into a Quaker household, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College in 1913 and was honored with a Doctor of Letters from Northwestern University in 1947. He married Kathryn Dougherty, a journalist, on December 30, 1925. They had no children. Their home was commissioned by Frank Lloyd Wright. Lloyd Lewis died unexpectedly of a heart attack.
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