The Life And Death Of Dr. Seuss

The life, accomplishments, and death of the American children's book author, known best by the pen name, Dr. Seuss. Theodor Seuss Geisel, was an American author, poet, political cartoonist, animator, book publisher and artist. He was best known for his authoring of over 60 children’s books.
Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He died September 24, 1991 in La Jolla California. His father owned a brewery up until prohibition times, in the 20’s. His father then took a position as a superintendent of city parks which also included the local zoo. At the zoo, Dr. Seuss spent many of his days drawing the various animals. Developing his own unique style from his imagination, he came up …show more content…
Seuss that most people never knew about him. His sense of poetry came from his beloved mother. At bedtime his mother Henrietta Seuss, would softly chant the rhymes she remembered from the time she worked at her father’s bakery: “Apple, mince, lemon, peach, apricot, pineapple, blueberry, coconut, custard and SQUASH!”
The second fun fact is though his passion was children’s literature, Seuss never had any biological children. When questioned upon not having his own children his reply was “you make them, I’ll amuze them.”.
The third fun fact is the pen name we all know him by “Dr. Seuss” originally began as a way to escape punishment in college. In 1925 during prohibition era, Seuss and his fellow college mates were caught drinking in their dorm at Dartmouth. His punishment was set as the stripping of his editorship at the schools magazine “Jack-O-Lantern”.
For the fourth fact, he joined the war effort, luckily for Seuss he was never drafted. By 1942 he was keen on joining the Navy but was convinced to make war propaganda films with Oscar winning director Frank Capra. He was strongly opposed to Adolf Hitler, which many of his cartoons reflected. For his service in the Army, he was awarded with the prestigious Legion of