Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - List of Books by Constance Rourke

"An emotional man may possess no humor, but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion, sometimes tucked away or forgotten." -- Constance Rourke
Constance Mayfield Rourke (November 14, 1885- March 29, 1941) was an American author and educator. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Sorbonne and Vassar College. She taught at Vassar from 1910 to 1915. She died in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1941.

Rourke specialized in American popular culture. She wrote biographies of notable American figures, such as Davy Crockett, John James Audubon, and Charles Sheeler, as well as books exploring different components of American culture and its history. Among her most notable books is American Humor: A Study of the National Character, which was first published in 1931.
This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "Constance Rourke", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
Total Books: 16
This author currently has no books in our system. Browse for Books