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Josephy, Alvin M., 1915-2005

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Personal name headingJosephy, Alvin M., 1915-2005
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedCambridge (Mass.)
Birth date1915-05-18
Death date2005-10-16
Place of birthWoodmere (N.Y.)
Place of deathGreenwich (Conn.)
Field of activityIndians of North America World War, 1939-1945 Military history
AffiliationHarvard University
Profession or occupationAuthors
Found inHenri, R. The U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima ... 1945.
New York times WWW site, Oct. 19, 2005 (in obituary dated Oct. 18: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.; b. May 18, 1915, Woodmere, N.Y.; d. Sunday [Oct. 16, 2005], Greenwich, Conn., aged 90; popular historian of the American West whose books chronicled the struggles of American Indians from the frontier era to the present day)
Johansen, Bruce E. Encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997: pages 190-191 (Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. Twentieth century American author and Native rights activist. Attended Harvard University 1932-1934. Author of multiple books about World War II and Native American tribes.)
Associated languageeng