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John Patric (May 22, 1902〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Birth Return: John Patric )〕 – August 31, 1985〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John "Hugo Frye" Patric )〕) was an American writer. He was a contributing writer for ''National Geographic'' during the mid to late 1930s and early 1940s and was the author of two books. He was known for his 1943 book ''Yankee Hobo in the Orient'', of which over twelve million copies were sold domestically and internationally in both hardcover and digest format. In the 1940s, he was one of the best-known Oregon writers. He wrote a ''National Geographic'' feature article, ''Imperial Rome Reborn'', about fascist Italy, and after writing on World War II shipyard labor practices for ''Reader's Digest'', he gave testimony at a United States congressional hearing. Patric or his works are briefly mentioned by other writers on a diverse range of topics, including political history, an artist biography, an author biography, media history, cultural criticism,〔 ship building,〔 fascism, and Korean history. In later life, Patric was an early influence on portrait artist Chuck Close,〔 and he gained some notoriety as a satirical political candidate in his home state of Washington. ==Childhood== John Patric was born in Snohomish, Washington on May 22, 1902. The ground floor of the family home in which he was raised served as the Snohomish public library, surrounding him with books and ideas from an early age. At the time of the 1910 US Census, the Patric household consisted of six people: The father Arthur N. Patric (1869–1945) from Pennsylvania was a self-employed hardware merchant, and owner of the family residence without mortgage. The mother Emma C. Patric (1877–1961)〔 was from Wisconsin, and served as the town librarian. Their four children were listed as John (age 7), Maud (age 6), James (age 4), and Dorothy (age 1). By the time of the 1920 census, John Patric was listed as a salesman at his father's hardware store, Maud Anita Patric had died (1904–1914),〔 newborn son William Patric and a lodger named John Miller whose profession was listed as "Post Master" had joined the household. At one point during his childhood, Patric "ran away, and hoboed () way from Seattle to Mexico and back, and nearly all railway men () met were kind to (). They shared their lunches with (), they helped () locate other trains, and sometimes let () ride in the cab." Patric returned to Snohomish, and graduated from Snohomish High School as valedictorian〔 and student body President of his senior high school class. He left home shortly thereafter to begin writing and travels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=OlyBlog.net )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Patric」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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