Oral history of Sidney Offit

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1999-11-03
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Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries
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Sidney Offit was born in 1928 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Johns Hopkins with a B.A. in English literature in 1950 and went on to have a robust and successful career as an author. He is best known for his work as a children's author, including works such as The Adventures of Homer Fink and Soupbone. He is also known for his work on televised debates with Martin Abend on WNEW-TV. In this history, Offit discusses his time at Hopkins as well as his writing. This oral history is a part of the Mame Warren oral histories series.
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Romeike, William Franklin, Offit, Sidney, Johns Hopkins University, Myers, Howdy, 1910-1980, Baker, Russell, 1925-, Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950, Davis, Paxton, 1925-, Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965, Hiss, Alger, Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989, Wolman, M. Gordon, 1924-2010, McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957, Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, 1926-2012, Key, V. O. (Valdimer Orlando), 1908-1963, Hammond, Albert L. (Albert Lanphier), 1892-1970, Wasserman, Earl R. (Earl Reeves), 1913-, Anderson, Charles Roberts, 1902-1999, Lane, Frederic Chapin, 1900-1984, Fagin, Nathan Bryllion, 1892-, Barth, John, 1930-, Tudor and Stuart Club (Johns Hopkins University), Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975, Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917, Lancaster, Henry Carrington, 1882-1954, Dixon, Stephen, 1936-, Baltimore YMCA, Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971, Scott, Bob, 1930-, Shaffer, G. Wilson (George Wilson), 1901-1992
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