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020			_a9781590924051
082	0		_a92 DIC
100	1		_aVirtue, John
245	1	0	_aModel American abroad _b: a biography of Stirling Dickinson _c/ by John Virtue
246	0		_aBiography of Stirling Dickinson
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aPort Orchard, Wa. _b: Windstorm Creative _c, c2008
300			_a299 p. _b: ill., ports. _c; 24 cm.
500			_aLocated in Gloria Grant Room - special collection of San Miguel de Allende authors.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-285) and index.
520			_aStirling Dickinson was the man most responsible for the Mexican mountainside town of San Miguel de Allende becoming a world-class art center and a favored retirement destination for thousands of Americans and other foreigners. Over nearly five decades, Dickinson ran three art schools which he helped found. But he never sought recognition. A shy bachelor, he anonymously helped the town's poorest residents and those who lived in the countryside. Yet Dickinson led an adventuresome life, tramping along Mexico's coast during World War II looking for - and finding - evidence of German and Japanese activity. He later joined the OSS, the precursor of the CIA. Biographer John Virtue paints the vivid, fascinating details of Stirling Dickinson's life with prose that create the man and bring him to life on the page. Complete with an extensive photo gallery, Model American Abroad is the fundamental biography of this remarkable philanthropist.
600	1	4	_aDickinson, Stirling _d, 1909-1998
650		4	_aPhilanthropists _z-United States _v--Biography
651			_aSan Miguel de Allende, Gto. _x-Social life and customs
830		0	_aSan Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--Author
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