The HistoryMakers video oral history with Walter Dean Myers.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 27 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.190 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Walter Dean Myers |
| Portion of title | Walter Dean Myers |
| Abstract | Fiction writer Walter Dean Myers was born Walter Milton Myers on August 12, 1937 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Due to a severe speech impediment and the feeling of being misunderstood, Myers dropped out of high school and joined the U.S. Army at age seventeen. After serving three years in the service, Myers began his writing career by writing for men's magazines and literary quarterlies. In 1969, he won a Writers Digest contest sponsored by the Council for Interracial Books for Children with his story, Where Does the Day Go?. Myers' other works include, The Young Landlords, Fallen Angels, The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, and Monster. Myers was a National Book Award finalist, a winner of the Michael L. Printz Award and won the Coretta Scott King Award five times. Myers passed away on July 1, 2014 at age 76. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2005 August 5. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.190 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |