Robert O. Bowen

Robert Owen Bowen (born May 7, 1920 in Bridgeport, Connecticut; died June 9, 2003) was an American novelist and essayist.

Novels

 * The Weight of the Cross (1951, novel)
 * Bamboo (1953, novel)
 * Sidestreets (1953, novel)
 * Strangers (1956, novel)
 * Trapper's Peak (1958, novel)

Essays

 * Practical Prose Studies (1956, collection of essays)
 * The New Professor (1956, collection of essays)
 * The Truth about Communism (1962, collection of essays)
 * The College Style Manual (1963, collection of essays)
 * Alaskan Dictionary (1966, collection of travel articles)

Other works

 * The Beacon Annual (1958, collection of short fiction)
 * Mountain Child (1959, play)