author
Garland Greever
1883–1967
An American writer, poet, and academic, he is best remembered for practical books on writing and literature that helped generations of students and teachers. His work blends classroom clarity with a real love of language.
2 Audiobooks
The Century Vocabulary Builder
by Garland Greever, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor
The Century Handbook of Writing
by Garland Greever, Easley S. (Easley Stephen) Jones
About the author
Born in Arkansas in 1883, Garland Greever built a career as a writer, poet, and English professor. Reliable reference sources agree that he was active both as a literary scholar and as a teacher, and that he later taught at the University of Southern California.
He is most closely associated with The Century Handbook of Writing, a long-running composition manual written with Easley S. Jones and first published in 1918. He also edited and wrote other educational and literary works, including books connected with rhetoric, reading, and literature.
Greever died in 1967. Although he is not widely known today, his textbooks and literary guides had a lasting place in American classrooms, especially for readers interested in early 20th-century approaches to writing and English study.