Keith Monroe (22 August 1915 – 30 August 2003) was an American author of children's science fiction and of books and magazine articles about Boy Scouting.[1]
Keith Monroe | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 22, 1915 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | August 30, 2003 (aged 88) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Donald Keith, Dale Colombo, Rice E. Cochran |
| Occupation(s) | Author and Boy Scout leader |
| Known for | Time Machine stories |
Monroe attended Stanford University and UCLA. He worked as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, for advertising and public relations firms, and for North American Rockwell. At times, he was a full-time freelance writer.[citation needed]
His work appeared in such magazines as Saturday Evening Post, New Yorker, |Harper's, Blue Book, Galaxy, Argosy, Boys' Life, and Scouting. His pseudonyms included Donald Keith, Rice E. Cochran, and Dale Colombo.[2]
Scouting edit
Monroe was deeply involved with Scouting. He served as Scoutmaster for Troop 2 in Santa Monica, California from its founding in December 1945 until 1987.[1]
He wrote articles for Scouting, the magazine for adult Scout leaders; merit badge instruction pamphlets; and fiction for Boys' Life. Under the name Rice E. Cochran, he published Be Prepared!, a humorous memoir of his experiences as a Scoutmaster.It was the basis for the 1953 movie Mister Scoutmaster.[1]
Monroe was a recipient of the Silver Beaver Award.[2]
Science fiction edit
Collaborating under the pseudonym Donald Keith with his father, Donald Monroe, Keith Monroe wrote the Time Machine series, originally published in Boys' Life between 1959 and 1989.[2]
Donald Keith also contributed stories to Galaxy Science Fiction and Blue Book.[citation needed]
Using the pseudonym Dale Colombo, Keith Monroe published in Boys' Life a series about Scouts in space, featuring a protagonist named Ed Linden, set aboard the spaceship Magellan. These Scouts had been born in interstellar space during the decades-long journey from Earth to planets orbiting a distant star.[citation needed]
Bibliography edit
- Harman, Bob; Monroe, Keith (1950). Use Your Head in Tennis. Crowell. ISBN 9780690005844.
- Cochran, Rice E. (1952). Be prepared!: The life and illusions of a scoutmaster. Random House.
- Monroe, Donald; Monroe, Keith (1962). How to Succeed in Community Service. Lippincott. ASIN B001UXCLWG.
- Monroe, Keith (1963). California: How to Live, Work, and Have Fun in the Golden State. Random House. ASIN B000L1V4FS.
- Keith, Donald (1963). Mutiny in the Time Machine. illustrated by Marilyn Miller. Random House. ASIN B0007E9SWA.
- Keith, Donald (1967). Time Machine to the Rescue. illustrated by Albert Orbaan. Putnam. ASIN B0006BRBWS.
- Lindaman, Edward B.; Monroe, Keith (1969). Space: A New Direction for Mankind. Harper & Row. ASIN B00005WX6A.
- Hillcourt, William; Monroe, Keith (1980). The Official Patrol Leader Handbook (3 ed.). Boy Scouts of America. ISBN 978-0839565123.
Further reading edit
- "Stories by Keith Monroe". The FictionMags Index. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- "Stories by Donald Keith". The FictionMags Index. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
References edit
External links edit
- Keith Monroe at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Mister Scoutmaster at IMDb
- "Memorial page for Keith Monroe". Troop 2.
- "Obituary". Scouting.
- Higgins, William S. (ed.). "List of Time Machine stories". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011.
- Higgins, William S. (ed.). "List of Dale Colombo stories". Archived from the original on January 7, 2012.
- Rice E. Cochran at WorldCat with 1 catalog record
