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Guy Murchie

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born

January 01, 1907

died

July 08, 1997

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male

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Nonfiction, Philosophy

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Guy Murchie (Jr.) son of Ethel A. and Guy Murchie (Sr) was a Chicago Tribune photographer, staff artist and reporter, who had served as a war correspondent in England and Iceland from 1940 to 1942. He was briefly married to Barbara Cooney.

He was a flight instructor and a practising member of the Bahá'í Faith. His books included Men on the Horizon (1932), Song of the Sky (1954), Music of the Spheres (1961) and The Seven Mysteries of Life (1978). Murchie also illustrated his books with etchings and woodcuts of his own making. The American Museum of Natural History awarded him the John Burroughs Medal in 1956 for Song of the Sky.

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Average rating: 4.45 · 238 ratings · 45 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration of Science and Philosophy 4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Music of Spheres 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song of the Sky 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World Aloft 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soul School: Confessions of a Passenger on Planet Earth 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutiny on the Bounty and Other Sea Stories 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1937	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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