George Howe Colt
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George Howe Colt is an American journalist and author.Holt, George Howe. (2003). The big house. New York: Scribner. [Back Cover]
He is the author of November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide (1991), The Big House (2003),{{cite news|last=Schreiber|first=Le Anne|title=All in the Family|work=The New York Times|page=8|date=6 July 2003|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/books/all-in-the-family.html}} Brothers (2012),{{cite news|last=Lopate|first=Phillip|title=Fraternity of Men|work=The New York Times|date= 21 December 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/books/review/brothers-by-george-howe-colt.html}} and The Game (2018).{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5011-0478-7|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=2019-04-24|title=Nonfiction Book Review: The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968 by George Howe Colt. Scribner, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-1-5011-0478-7}} He is married to author Anne Fadiman.
Colt was a staff writer for Life. His 2003 book about his last summer with his family at their summer house on Cape Cod, The Big House, was a finalist for the National Book Award.[https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2003 National Book Awards 2003]
He graduated from Harvard University.{{cite web| url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/colt-george-howe| title = Colt, George Howe {{!}} Encyclopedia.com}} His uncle was the lawyer and politician James Colt. The Colts are related to the prominent Forbes family, through which a distant cousin is politician and diplomat John Kerry.{{cite news | url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2008/06/12/james_d_colt_75_lawyer_and_former_state_representative | title=James D. Colt, 75, lawyer and former state representative | newspaper=Boston.com | date=12 June 2008 | last1=Marquard | first1=Bryan }}
Bibliography
= Books =
- The Enigma of Suicide, 1991, Scribner
- November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide, 2006, Scribner
- The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home, 2003, Scribner
- Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History, 2012, Scribner
- The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968, 2018, Scribner
= Magazine articles =
- Colt, George Howe, article on "Westchester cluster" of suicides that served as a source for his book, LIFE, 1984{{Cite book|url=https://www.scribd.com/book/225094726/November-of-the-Soul-The-Enigma-of-Suicide|title=November of the Soul by George Howe Colt - Read Online|language=en}}
- Colt, George Howe & Hollister, Anne, "How Earthquakes Happen," LIFE, February 1989{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/magazinearticleh00jaco_0|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/magazinearticleh00jaco_0/page/239 239]|quote=george howe colt life magazine.|title=The Magazine Article: How to Think It, Plan It, Write it|last=Jacobi|first=Peter P.|date=1997|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-21111-8|language=en}}
- Colt, George Howe, "See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me," LIFE, September 1996
- Colt, George Howe, "Were You Born That Way?," LIFE, 1998{{Cite web|url=https://docplayer.net/259517-Were-you-born-that-way-the-nature-vs-nurture-controversy.html|title=Were You Born That Way? The Nature vs. Nurture Controversy - PDF|website=docplayer.net|access-date=2019-04-24}}
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