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Robert C. Burdett
Robert C. Burdett

Robert Charles Burdett (Bob) is a writer, author, and playwright. His major interests are genealogy, architecture, history, and religion. He is a native of North Dakota but has lived in Omaha, Nebraska since 1970.

Burdett is a graduate of Bismarck Junior College (1968), North Dakota State University (BSIE, 1970), Creighton University (MBA, 1975), and the Archdiocese of Omaha Catholic Biblical School (2003-7).

In an earlier life, Burdett was a statistical quality control engineer for Western Electric (Ma Bell’s manufacturing unit), Lucent Technologies, and Avaya. This, in part, explains his strange writing style (e.g., all those tables and section headings).

A more complete biography can be found in "BS2: An Autobiography."

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A Catholic Prays Scripture: and tips for how you can too

In this book “A Catholic” provides some tips for how you can pray Scripture. The first three chapters define and describe: “A Catholic,” prayer types, and Scripture (from a Catholic perspective). Chapter 4 provides the promised “Prayer Writing Techniques” noted in the books subtitle. The next four chapters provide some examples of...

The Polesworth Circle: The Education of William Shakespeare

Building upon a thesis proposed by Arthur Gray, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, this book contains a history play which dramatizes how Henry Goodyer, Thomas Burdett, and Raphael Holinshed, via a literary salon called the “Polesworth Circle,” educated, trained, and supported two of England’s most notable poets and playwrights, Michael Drayton...

Families 1450, 4506 and 4711: before, during and after Manzanar

Shortly after December 7, 1941, theGenda, Oshima and Shiroyama familieswere uprooted from their Terminal Island,California homes and interred at Manzanar.This book provides some details on thelives of these three families before,during and after their incarceration.It also examines the U.S. Governmentsconduct during the war, life on...

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Shakespeare Experts: HELP! Calling all Shakespeare experts:Arthur Gray, in

Calling all Shakespeare experts:

Arthur Gray, in his book A Chapter in the Early Life of Shakespeare: Polesworth in Arden, theorized that a young William Shakespeare was schooled at Polesworth, Warwickshire, England, by a literary salon he called the Polesworth Circle.

In my book/historical play, The Polesworth Circle: The Education of William Shakespeare, I theorize that Shakespeare was taught the art of storytelling at Polesworth, by Raphael Holinshed, the great chronicler of England,...

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The Holy Family Shrine As noted in my first post, two of my interests are

As noted in my first post, two of my interests are architecture and religion. That combination attracted me to the Holy Family Shrine (holyfamilyshrine.com), which is located just off Interstate 80 south of Gretna, Nebraska (between Omaha and Lincoln). Daylilies are prominent now – along the walkway that leads from the visitor center to the chapel. The colors change as the seasons change.

On most of the odd Thursdays of each month, during the afternoons, you can find me at the shrine,...

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The author at work.

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