John Pick
John Barclay Pick (26 December 1921 – 25 January 2015), often credited as J.B. Pick, was an English poet, novelist, and biographer. He was a Quaker and a conscientious objector during the Second World War, serving in the Friends' Ambulance Unit and then as a coalminer.Pick was born in Leicester. He was married to Gene Pick (died 2019) with two children, both sons (Peter Pick and David Pick). Pick received his education at Sidcot School, a Quaker institution in Somerset. He attended Cambridge University for a year but left at the outbreak of Second World War to join the Friends' Ambulance Unit. In the 1980s he moved to live in Balmaclellan in Galloway.
Pick was the author of the novels ''Out of the Pit'', ''The Lonely Aren't Alone'', ''Under the Crust'' and ''A Land Fit for Eros'', the last co-authored with John Atkins. He also wrote a number of short stories, articles, poetry, and nonfiction works. ''The Last Valley'' (originally published in the UK in 1959 as ''The Fat Valley'') was his first book to be published in the United States. It was later made into a film starring Omar Sharif and Michael Caine. Provided by Wikipedia
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2Created 1966Other Authors: “...Pick, John...”
Location: Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
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3by Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889Other Authors: “...Pick, John...”
Created 1966
Location: John J. Burns Library, Boston College
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4by Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889Other Authors: “...Pick, John...”
Created 1969
Location: John J. Burns Library, Boston College
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5by Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889Other Authors: “...Pick, John, 1911-...”
Created 1969
Location: Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette University
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6by Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889Other Authors: “...Pick, John, 1911-...”
Created 1953
Location: John J. Burns Library, Boston College
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7by Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889Other Authors: “...Pick, John, 1911-...”
Created 1966
Location: Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette University
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8Created 1966Other Authors: “...Pick, John, 1911-1981...”
Location: U.S. Catholic Special Collection, University of Dayton
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