![]() ![]() A later novel, A Sense of Values, in which protagonist Nathan Bond is a disenchanted cartoonist involved with adultery and alcoholism, was not well received. Wilson published 15 books, including the bestsellers The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955) and A Summer Place (1958), both of which were adapted into feature movies. He also published stories in The New Yorker and worked as a professor at the University of Buffalo, now called the State University of New York at Buffalo. His first book, Voyage to Somewhere, was published in 1947 and was based on his wartime experiences. He then served in World War II as an officer of the United States Coast Guard, commanding a naval trawler for the Greenland Patrol and an army supply ship in the Pacific Ocean.Īfter the war, Wilson worked as a reporter for Time-Life. Wilson graduated from Harvard University in 1942. Sloan was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the grandson of US Navy officer and Arctic explorer John Wilson Danenhower. Sloan Wilson (– May 25, 2003) was an American writer. ![]()
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