Theodor Seuss Geisel Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on
March 2, 1904 in Springfield,
Massachusetts. |
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Father's Influence
His father was the zookeeper at the
Forest Park Zoo in Springfield,
Massachusetts.
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College He attended Dartmouth College.
"The 'Dr. Seuss' name is a
combination of my middle name and
the fact that I had been studying
for my doctorate when I quit to
become a cartoonist. My father had
always wanted to see a Dr. in front
of my name, so I attached it. I
figured by doing that, I saved him
about ten thousand dollars,"
explained Seuss. [3] |
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Mulberry Street As a child, Seuss lived on Mulberry
Street. In 1936, on the way to
Europe aboard a ship, he wrote And
to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry
Street which was rejected by the
first 43 publishers to whom it was
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Cartoonist His first jobs were for life,
Vanity Fair, and Liberty Magazines.
He drew cartoons and wrote humerous
articles. During World War II he
joined the army. He produced
documentaries about the war and
created a cartoon entitled Gerald
McBoing Boing for which he won an
Oscar. |
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Political Cartoons Starting in 1941 Seuss wrote
political cartoons for PM magazine.
Dr. Seuss Goes to War by Richard H.
Minear is a collection of 200 of
those editorial cartoons. |
Green Eggs and Ham
In 1960 Bennett Cerf bet Geisel $50
that he could not write a book
using only fifty words. The result
was Green Eggs and Ham.
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LeSeig Dr. Seuss wrote many of his books
under the pseudonym LeSeig, which
is"Geisel" spelled backwards. |