John Patric (1902 - 1985)

Born 22 May 1902 in Snohomish, Washington, United States

Died 31 Aug 1985 at age 83 in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States

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Biography

John Patric is Notable.

John was born in 1902. He was the son of Arthur Patric and Emmeline Crueger. He passed away in 1985.

John was an American writer and political candidate.

The ground floor of the family home in which John was raised served as the Snohomish public library, surrounding him with books and ideas from an early age. The Patric household consisted of John, his parents, and four siblings.

John's father Arthur Noah Patric, originally from Mill City, Pennsylvania, was a Snohomish hardware merchant. John's mother, Emmeline Eleanor Crueger, originally from Racine Wisconsin, served as the Snohomish town librarian.

In the 1940s, John was one of the best-known Oregon writers.

John was a contributing writer for National Geographic during the mid- to late 1930s and early 1940s and was the author of two books.

John's 1943 book, Yankee Hobo in the Orient, sold twelve million copies domestically and internationally in both hardcover and digest format.

John's headstone in the Snohomish GAR Cemetery reads, "A Little Eccentric, But Justified."

The Blunderbuss, "a devilish rebel newspaper of ten pages", self-published by John while attending The University of Texas at Austin.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patric