Hudson Strode
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Brief Biography
Hudson Strode was born in Cairo, Illinois, and moved several times during his childhood before settling in Demopolis, Alabama. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Alabama in 1913 and a master’s degree from Columbia University in 1914. While working as an English professor at Syracuse University, he sold his first short story to a magazine. Although he was ineligible for the draft due to being underweight, Strode arranged troop entertainments during World War I. He experienced bouts of poor health in the late 1920s-early 1930s, but he dedicated himself to writing. His writing career is marked by travel books and a well-received but sympathetic three-volume biography of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Meanwhile, his teaching career is best remembered for the fiction writing class that he taught for twenty-five years at the University of Alabama. Strode retired in 1963 but continued writing until his death in 1976.
Publications
The End of the Dance; a Play in One Act. New York; S. French, 1929.
The Story of Bermuda. New York; Random House, 1932.
The Pageant of Cuba. New York; H. Smith and R. Haas, 1934.
South by Thunderbird. New York; Random House, 1937.
Finland Forever. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1941.
Temples to the South. Great Neck, N.Y.; G. Alam Chidsey, 1941.
Timeless Mexico. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1944.
Now in Mexico. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1947.
Sweden, Model for a World. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1949.
Denmark Is a Lovely Land. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1951.
Jefferson Davis: A Biography in 3 vols. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1955-1964.
Ultimates in the Far East; Travels in the Orient and India. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1970.
The Eleventh House, Memoirs. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1975.
The Story of Bermuda. New York; Random House, 1932.
The Pageant of Cuba. New York; H. Smith and R. Haas, 1934.
South by Thunderbird. New York; Random House, 1937.
Finland Forever. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1941.
Temples to the South. Great Neck, N.Y.; G. Alam Chidsey, 1941.
Timeless Mexico. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1944.
Now in Mexico. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1947.
Sweden, Model for a World. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1949.
Denmark Is a Lovely Land. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1951.
Jefferson Davis: A Biography in 3 vols. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1955-1964.
Ultimates in the Far East; Travels in the Orient and India. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1970.
The Eleventh House, Memoirs. New York; Harcourt, Brace, 1975.
Themes
Hudson Strode was a writer of travel books about countries far and wide. In addition to travel books, Strode wrote a three-volume biography of Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
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Citation
Strode, Hudson, “Hudson Strode,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/660.