Thad Carhart
{{Short description|American writer (born 1950)}}
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| name = Thad Carhart
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| caption = Carhart at the Gaithersburg Book Festival
| birth_name = Thaddeus Edward Carhart
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|02|16}}
| birth_place = Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
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| nationality = American
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| children = 2
| occupation = Writer
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| notable_works = The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
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Thaddeus Edward Carhart (born February 16, 1950)[http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record%201950/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record%201950%20-%201241.pdf The Times Record, Troy, NY, 2 March 1950, Born:Carhart]. Retrieved 19 September 2015 is an American writer.{{cite web|url=http://www.librarything.com/author/carhartthad|website=Librarything.com|accessdate=April 9, 2015|title=Thad Carhart}} He is the author of bestseller The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, a memoir of his experiences with pianos and his time spent in a Parisian piano atelier.{{cite web|url=http://www.paris-expat.com/interviews/interview_tc.html|title=A Conversation with Thad Carhart|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929011823/http://paris-expat.com/interviews/interview_tc.html|archivedate=September 29, 2010|accessdate=July 2, 2009|website=Paris-expat.com}} His book Across the Endless River is a historical novel about Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, the son of Sacagawea, and his intriguing sojourn as a young man in 1820s Europe.
Early life and education
Thaddeus Edward Carhart was born in 1950 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Air Force Major Thomas M. Carhart and May [Welch] Carhart, and lived in numerous locations while growing up. He graduated with a degree in Anthropology from Yale University and also worked as an interpreter for the State Department. He pursued graduate studies at Stanford University.
Personal life
At the time of this writing, Thad Carhart resides in Paris with his wife and two children.
Writing inspiration
Thad Carhart describes his writing interest as being in the mid-1820s Europe.{{cite web|url=http://www.thadcarhart.com/notes.html|title=Notes from Thad Carhart|accessdate=April 9, 2015|website=Thadcarhart.com}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book | last=Carhart | first=Thad | year=2016 | title=Finding Fontainebleau : an American boy in France | publisher=Viking | isbn=978-0525428800 }}{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/bostonathenaeum/thad-carhart-finding-fontainebleau-an-american-boy-in-france |title=Thad Carhart, “Finding Fontainebleau: An American Boy in France” |date=May 23, 2016 |access-date=May 25, 2016 }}
- {{cite book|last= Carhart|first= Thad|year= 2009|title= Across the Endless River|publisher= Doubleday|isbn= 978-0-385-52977-8|medium= Hardcover|url= https://archive.org/details/acrossendlessriv00carh}}
- {{cite book|last= Carhart|first= Thad|year= 2001|title= The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier.|publisher= Random House|isbn= 978-0375758621|url= https://archive.org/details/pianoshoponlef000carh}}
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Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:21st-century American writers