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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.
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.
[1] 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 (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]
Mountain Man is a 1965 novel written by Vardis Fisher. Set in the mid-1800s United States, it tells the story of Sam Minard, a hunter/trapper living and wandering throughout Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. The book is separated into three parts: Lotus, Kate and Sam.
He's also been involved in TV shows — he was the co-creator of the 2019 Netflix miniseries "Unbelievable" and the Paramount+ series "Star Trek: Picard." FLORIDA: Carl Hiaasen Carl Hiaasen.
Some of the press's later and more well-known publications included several short novels by Janet Lewis, several novels by Anaïs Nin, [10] and the final three books in Vardis Fisher's Testament of Man series. [11] Authors of poetry were also a major focus of the publisher, focusing on individuals that would otherwise not find publication. [12]