Dan McCall (1940-2012) was a beloved professor of American Studies and English at Cornell for forty years. He was the critically acclaimed author of ten books of fiction and non-fiction, including Triphammer, The Example of Richard Wright, and Beecher. His novel Jack the Bear was translated into a dozen languages and made into a 20th Century Fox feature film.
Despite being passionate about his memoir, and producing dozens of drafts over the course of his lifetime, Dan was never able to settle on a final version. After his passing in 2012, his son Steven decided to take up the project and see it through to completion. Now, at long last, Boy on a Unicycle: Confessions of a Young Man Trained to be a Winner has just been published, in September 2017.
Steven McCall will be reading from his father’s memoir, “Boy On A Unicycle,” at the Cornell English Department Lounge at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23 and at Buffalo Street Books on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. Learn more at BoyOnAUnicycle.com.
Please read the story of Steven McCall's journey at Ithaca.com.
