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King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947. His father, Donald Edwin King, a traveling vacuum salesman after returning from World War II, was born in Indiana with the surname Pollock, changing it to King as an adult. [10] King's mother was Nellie Ruth King (née Pillsbury). [11]
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1930 Census: Guy H, age 53, and spouse, Nellie W, age 52, Children: N. Ruth, age 17, Ethelyn E, age 13, Guy H, age 7. Married Donald Edwin King of Peru, Indiana on July 23, 1939 in Maine. Donald was born Donald Edwin Pollock, son of William E. (1888-1918 IN) and Helen A. (Bowden) Pollock (1897-1968 IN).
Sep 30, 2018 · Explore genealogy for Nellie (Pillsbury) King born 1913 Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA died 1973 Mexico, Oxford, Maine, USA including ancestors + children + 1 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
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Discover life events, stories and photos about Nellie Ruth Pillsbury (1913–1973) of Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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Carrie: A Novel of a Girl with a Frightening Power (novel) 1974 'Salem's Lot (novel) 1975 The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (novel) 1976 Rage [as Richard Bachman] (novel) 1977 The Shining (novel) 1977 Night Shift (short stories) 1978; also published as Night Shift: Excursions into Horror, 1979 The Stand (novel) 1978; revised edition, 1990 Another Quar...
STEPHEN KING
2 If there is any truth or worth to the danse macabre, it is simply that novels, movies, TV and radio programs—even the comic books—dealing with horror always do their work on two levels. On top is the "gross-out" level—when Regan vomits in the priest's face or masturbates with a crucifix in The Exorcist, or when the raw-looking, terribly inside-out monster in John Frankenheimer's Prophecycrunches off the helicopter pilot's head like a Tootsie-Pop. The gross-out can be done with varying degre...
HEIDI STRENGELL
In Danse Macabre (1981), his non-fiction study of the horror genre, Stephen King distinguishes three Gothic archetypes that embody the central issues with which the Gothic era was concerned. To be more precise, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus (1818) deals with "the refusal to take personal responsibility for one's actions because of pride" (62); Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) portrays perverse or, in medical terms, abnormal and repressed sexuality as well as double standar...
Overall, King's canon is a quest. But his battle cry is not "excelsior!" The direction is downwards and the path is a spiral. Many of King's characters experience life as a quest: Ben Mears of 'Salem's Lot questing for self and conquering the vampire; The Tommyknockers' Gardener questing for death and finding self; the comrades of The Stand marchin...
OTHER SOURCES FROM GALE:
Additional coverage of King's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: American Writers Supplement, Vol. 5; Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vols. 1, 17; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography and Resources, Vol. 2; Bestsellers 90:1; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 61-64; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 1, 30, 52, 76, 119, 134; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 12, 26, 37, 61, 113; Contemporary Popular Writers; Dictio...
Jan 23, 2023 · Stephen King's broken home. Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947, to Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. According to Lisa Rogak's 2009 biography, Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King, baby Stephen's birth came as a surprise.
King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947. His father, Donald Edwin King, a traveling vacuum salesman after returning from World War II, [10] was born in Indiana with the surname Pollock, changing it to King as an adult. [11][12] King's mother was Nellie Ruth King (née Pillsbury). [13] His parents were married in Scarborough ...
