Forrest Wilson

Robert Forrest Wilson (January 20, 1883 in Warren, Ohio – May 9, 1942 in Weston, Connecticut)[1][2] was an American author and journalist. He won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe.[3][4]

Robert Forrest Wilson
BornJanuary 20, 1883
Warren, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMay 9, 1942(1942-05-09) (aged 59)
Weston, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationAuthor; Journalist
Parent(s)James Forrest, and Harriet Rose (Larned) Wilson
Awards1942 Pulitzer Prize

Wilson was born in Warren, Ohio, to parents James Forrest and Harriet Rose (Larned) Wilson. He studied the arts at the California School of Fine Arts in 1939 and received his Ph.D. at Union Graduate School. He also studied the arts in Paris and at Pratt Institute in New York.[2]

Early in his career, he worked as reporter, before enlisting in the U.S.Army, where he served as a Captain, worked as a researcher and later served as an Assistant Secretary of War. He co-authored and authored several books and magazine articles.[1][2]

Career

Wilson reported for Scripps Newspapers from 1910 to 1916, in Washington D.C.[2] Later, during the First World War he served as a captain with the US Army Chemical Warfare Service and later (1923-1927) as Assistant Secretary of War charged with gathering historical data on the conflict,[2] much of which formed the basis of a series of six co-authored works about mobilization: How America Went to War, published in 1921.[5] (See selected works below)

After the war, like tens of thousands of Americans, Wilson moved to Paris and lived there for some years, a period which he details in his book, Paris On Parade.[6] He worked as a European correspondent for McCall's, (1923-1927) writing about life in Paris. Wilson wrote an article about a bookshop in Paris, "Shakespeare and Company," in 1925, titled, "Paris for Young Art," published by The Bookman.[7]

Two articles on fashion, "The House of Louisboulanger," and "The House of Camille Roger," appeared in the 1926 and 1927 issues of Vogue (magazine).[2][8][9] In 1925, Wilson described his view on women's love of fashion:[10]

"Paris, To the average woman, means primarily clothes. All her life she has read about Parisian clothes and Parisian styles. The names of the creators of Parisian clothes are familiar to her also. She knows about Worth and Lavin and Paquin. In the fashion pages of the magazines she has seen the names of Jenny and Vionnet and Patou. These are the names that thunder an imperious authority in America, and throughout the rest of the world, too."

Wilson wrote the words and music for the song, "Go and teach the Kaiser how to sing the Marseillaise, then come home to me," published in 1918.[11]

Selected works
  • How America Went to War: an account from official sources of the nation's war activities 1917–1920, co-author with Benedict (Crowell Assistant Secretary of War), Yale University Press, 1921.[12]
  • The Road to France: the transportation of troops and military supplies 1917–1918, co-author with Benedict Crowell (Assistant Secretary of War), Yale University Press, 1921.[13]
  • Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World Arms: 1917–1918, co-author with Benedict Crowell (Assistant Secretary of War), Yale University Press, 1921.[14]
  • Demobilization: our industrial and military demobilization after the armistice, 1918–1920, co-author with Benedict Cowell (Assistant Secretary of War), Yale University Press, New Haven, 1921.[15]
  • The Giant Hand: Our Mobilization and Control of Industry and Natural Resources 1917-1918, co-author with Benedict Crowell (Assistant Secretary of War), Yale University Press, New Haven, 1921.[16]
  • The Living Pageant of the Nile, Bobbs Merrill, 1924.[17]
  • Paris on Parade, co-author with A.G. Warshawsky, Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1925.[6]
  • Rich Brat: a novel of Paris, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929.[18]
  • How to Wine and Dine in Paris (Chapters from "Paris on Parade"), Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930.[19]
  • Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1941.[3]

References
  1. "Forrest Wilson, Wrote Prize Book". The New York Times. May 11, 1942. p. 15. Retrieved August 30, 2012. (subscription required)
  2. Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. Wilson, Robert Forrest (1941). Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe. J. B. Lippincott Company.
  4. "The 1942 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  5. "Results for 'au:Crowell, Benedict Robert Forrest Wilson' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  6. Wilson, Robert Forrest; Warshawsky, A. G (1925). Paris on parade. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 20941508.
  7. Wilson, Robert Forrest. "Paris for Young Art, by Robert Forres..., THE BOOKMAN". The Unz Review. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  8. Wilson, Robert Forrest. "The House of Camille Roger | Vogue | April 15, 1927". Vogue | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  9. Wilson, Robert Forrest. "The House of Louiseboulanger | Vogue | JULY 15, 1926". Vogue | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  10. Wallenberg, Louise; Kollnitz, Andrea (2018-11-01). Fashion and Modernism. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-350-04451-7.
  11. Go and teach the Kaiser how to sing the Marseillaise, then come marching home to me. [Song.] Words & music by Forrest Wilson. (in unknown language), 1918, OCLC 1065183257, retrieved 2020-11-04
  12. Crowell, Benedict; Wilson, Robert Forrest (1921). How America went to war: an account from official sources of the nation's war activities, 1917-1920. OCLC 1013266189.
  13. Crowell, Benedict; Wilson, Robert Forrest (1921). The road to France: the transportation of troops and military supplies, 1917-1918. New Haven: Yale University Press. OCLC 18696066.
  14. Crowell, Benedict; Wilson, Robert Forrest (1921). Our nation's manufacture of munitions for a world arms 1917-1918: by Benedict Crowell ... New Haven: Yale Univ. Pr. OCLC 60487486.
  15. Crowell, Benedict; Wilson, Robert Forrest (1921). Demobilization: our industrial and military demobilization after the armistice, 1918-1920. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. OCLC 564800406.
  16. Crowell, Benedict; Wilson, Robert Forrest (1921). The giant hand; our mobilization and control of industry and natural resources, 1917-1918. New Haven: Yale University Press. OCLC 287391.
  17. Wilson, Robert Forrest (1924). The living pageant of the Nile. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 869406675.
  18. Wilson, Robert Forrest (1929). Rich brat, a novel of Paris. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. OCLC 1826010.
  19. Wilson, Robert Forrest (1930). How to Wine and Dine in Paris. [Chapters from "Paris on Parade.". Pp. v. 122. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. OCLC 504631822.CS1 maint: location (link)
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