Clarence A. Barnes Jr. (usually referred to as Clare Barnes Jr. during his days as a popular author) (c. 1907 – February 2, 1992) was an American author and advertising agency art director. He was best known for his series of books, starting in 1949 with White Collar Zoo, which featured animal photos with humorous captions. White Collar Zoo was the number 1 non-fiction bestseller of 1949 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and its followup Home Sweet Zoo was number 4.[1][2][3][4]
Clare Barnes Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1907 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | February 2, 1992 (aged 85) Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Author Advertising agency art director |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Genre | Non fiction |
Barnes was born in Boston and received an undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1929. He worked for a number of advertising agencies. He died in his Manhattan home on February 2, 1992, of emphysema at age 85. He also had a home in Edgartown, Massachusetts.[5][6]
Barnes' father, Clarence A. Barnes, was a politician and the attorney general of Massachusetts in the late 1940s.[7]
Bibliography
edit- White Collar Zoo (July 1949)[8][9]
- Home Sweet Zoo (December 1949)[10][11]
- Campus Zoo (1950)[12]
- Political Zoo (1952)
- Sleeping Under Blankets (1955)
- White Collar Zoo Revisited (1961)
- The Secret of Cooking for Dogs (with Martin A. Gardner) (1964)
- The Secret of Cooking for Cats (with Martin A. Gardner) (1965)
- John F. Kennedy: Scrimshaw Collector (1969)
References
edit- ^ Korda, Michael. Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999, p.97 (2001)
- ^ (1 May 1950). Collegiate Cat, Life
- ^ (9 May 1949). Speaking of Pictures..., Life
- ^ Poore, Charles (7 July 1949). Animals are very much like people, The New York Times
- ^ (11 February 1992). Clarence Barnes, 85, Author and Illustrator, The New York Times
- ^ (12 May 1950). If You Knew Zoozy Like He Does!, The Boston Globe
- ^ (19 January 2006). Fair price, good service, & plenty of laughs Archived 2009-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, The Martha's Vineyard Times
- ^ (12 December 1949). The Beast in Us, Time
- ^ (21 August 1949). In and Out of Books, The New York Times (stating though 100,000 copies had already sold in its first month of release)
- ^ 1950 Britannica book of the year, p. 116 (1950)
- ^ (4 December 1949). A Beastly Approach, The New York Times
- ^ Hackett, Alice Payne. 70 years of best sellers, 1895-1965 (1967)