Alfred W. Crosby

Historian, author, and professor (1931-2018).

Born January 15th, 1931 in Boston.

Died March 14th, 2018 at 87 years old in Nantucket.

Occupations
geographer, historian, non-fiction writer, university teacher
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel