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The Testament of Man (1943–1960), a twelve-volume series of novels by the American author Vardis Fisher, traces the physical, psychological and spiritual evolution of Western civilization from Australopithecus to the present. The series explores a pantheon of subjects: myth, ritual, language, family, sex and especially sin, guilt and religion.
Vardis Alvero Fisher (March 31, 1895 – July 9, 1968) was an American writer from Idaho who wrote popular historical novels of the Old West. After studying at the University of Utah and the University of Chicago, Fisher taught English at the University of Utah and then at the Washington Square College of New York University until 1931.
Vardis Fisher (1895–1968): American writer and scholar, author of atheistic Testament of Man series. [100] Tom Flynn (1955–2021): American author and Senior Editor of Free Inquiry magazine. [101] Ken Follett (born 1949): British author of thrillers and historical novels. [102]
IDAHO: Vardis Fisher "Children of God." ... He also wrote a guide to Idaho and the 12-part "Testament of Man" series in a cabin that he built overlooking the Thousand Springs area.
Some of the press's later and more well-known publications included several short novels by Janet Lewis, several novels by Anaïs Nin, and the final three books in Vardis Fisher's Testament of Man series. Authors of poetry were also a major focus of the publisher, focusing on individuals that would otherwise not find publication.
Vardis Fisher was born in Idaho and his parents were Mormon; he joined the LDS Church briefly as an adult but did not identify as Mormon. Mormon characters are prominent in his early fiction. He won the Harper Prize in 1939 for Children of God (1939). Fisher's later fiction does not feature Mormon characters.
Vardis Fisher, "Lost Generation" author of Children of God and the Testament of Man [97] [circular reference] Laci Green sex educator and online video creator for Seeker and MTV. [98] Johnny Harris, American journalist and YouTuber [99] Carolyn Tanner Irish, bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America [100]
Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American Western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp. It is based partly on the life of the legendary mountain man John Jeremiah Johnson, recounted in Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker's book Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson and Vardis Fisher's 1965 novel Mountain Man.