Author Biography
In Memoriam - Franklin Rogers (July 25, 1921 - December 3, 2011)was born in the Bronx. After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted and was sent to the China-Burma-India Theater where he was in the military intelligence and Signal Corps. After returning home, he married Mary Ann Cate. They had one son, Bruce. Franklin received his PhD from UC Berkeley on the G.I. Bill. He started teaching at UW- Milwaukee and UC Davis. In 1966-67, he was a Fulbright Professor at the Universit de France, Lyon; and was then invited back for two years (69-71). In 1975, he was invited to teach at the Universit de France, Paris-Sorbonne; and then finished his teaching career at San Jose State. He wrote or edited a dozen books about Mark Twain, a couple on critical theory.
