Philip McFarland
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BiographyMcFarland has written two works of fiction and five of nonfiction. The nonfiction works are described in the NONFICTION page of this website. A description of the novels appears in the column on the right.
 PHILIPMcFARLAND was born and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from Exeter Academy and from Oberlin College, where he majored in history. After serving in the United States Navy, he took a degree in English with First Honors from Cambridge University. For thirty years he taught English at Concord Academy; in addition he has co-authored a number of English literature and composition anthologies for high school use. The father of two grown sons, he now lives with his wife in Lexington, Massachusetts.  |
NOVELS A HOUSE FULL OF WOMEN recounts a crucial year in the life of a boy growing up in an unnamed southern city during the Second World War, with his father absent in the service. The NEW YORK HERALD- TRIBUNE felt that the novel was "so skillfully contrived as to seem effortless," and the London TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT judged it to be "a masterly piece of storytelling."
 SEASONS OF FEAR is a fictional account of an alleged slave revolt that threw into panic historical colonials of 1741 in New York City, with horrific consequences. The story is told through letters, journal entries, and other documents purportedly by people involved in the terrifying events. THE NEW YORKER concluded that the novel was "a cunning and brilliant achievement," and Wayne Reilly of BOOKMARKS found it "a story in every way as exciting and deserving of attention as the Salem witch trials." |
