About Maxwell Geismar
Lived 1909 – 1979 (aged 69). Maxwell Geismar was an American writer.
Maxwell David Geismar (August 1, 1909 – July 1979) was an American writer, literary critic and biographer of Mark Twain.
Geismar wrote the introduction to Forgive My Grief: Volume II by Penn Jones Jr., which critiqued the Warren Commission. He also penned the introduction to Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice (1968). A teacher at Sarah Lawrence College for many years, he signed "The Triple Revolution", sent to President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
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Who was Maxwell Geismar?
American writer
When was Maxwell Geismar born?
Maxwell Geismar was born on 1 August 1909 in New York City.
When did Maxwell Geismar die?
Maxwell Geismar died on 24 July 1979 in Harrison.
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Maxwell Geismar was a writer.
What nationality was Maxwell Geismar?
Maxwell Geismar was American.
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