Haslam, Gerald William

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HASLAM, Gerald William

HASLAM, Gerald William. American, b. 1937. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Literary criticism and history, Autobiography/Memoirs, Essays, Humor/Satire. Career: California State University, Sonoma, professor of English, 1967-97; Sonoma State University, professor emeritus, 1997-. ETC.: A Review of General Semantics, production ed., 1968-70; ECOLIT, Environmental Awareness in the English Class, ed., 1972-80; Everett/Edwards Inc., Western Writers Series, ed.-in-chief, 1973-80; Literary History of the American West, Editorial Board, member, 1978-87. Publications: William Eastlake, 1970; The Language of the Oil Fields, 1972; OKIES: Selected Stories, 1973; Afro-American Oral Literature, 1974; Jack Schaefer, 1976; Masks: A Novel, 1976; The Wages of Sin, 1980; Hawk Flights: Visions of the West, 1983; Snapshots: Glimpses of the Other California, 1985; Voices of a Place, 1987; The Man Who Cultivated Fire, 1987; Coming of Age in California, 1990; That Constant Coyote, 1990; The Other California, 1990; The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland, 1993; Condor Dreams and Other Fictions, 1994; The Great Tejon Club Jubilee, 1996; Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California, 1999; Manuel and the Madman, 2000; Straight White Male, 2000. EDITOR: Forgotten Pages of American Literature, 1970; Western Writing, 1974; California Heartland, 1978; Many California's, 1992; Jack London's Golden State, 1999. Address: PO Box 969, Penngrove, CA 94951, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]