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A bio-bibliographic study of Margaret Wise Brown.
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Newton, Alma Watson, Clapp, Robert, Florida State University
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"Some six months after the death of Margaret Wise Brown in November, 1952, Ellen Lewis Buell stated that she was the author of more than seventy books, and pointed out that with her passing the children's book publishing world had lost one of 'its most prolific writers.' An obituary notice gave the number of her publications as one hundred books 'under own name and pseudonyms.' The pseudonyms--Timothy Hay, Golden MacDonald, Juniper Sage--represented, according to Miss Brown, 'clear-cut...
Show more"Some six months after the death of Margaret Wise Brown in November, 1952, Ellen Lewis Buell stated that she was the author of more than seventy books, and pointed out that with her passing the children's book publishing world had lost one of 'its most prolific writers.' An obituary notice gave the number of her publications as one hundred books 'under own name and pseudonyms.' The pseudonyms--Timothy Hay, Golden MacDonald, Juniper Sage--represented, according to Miss Brown, 'clear-cut writing personalities and distinct styles' differing from each other and from Margaret Wise Brown so greatly that, from the first draft of a book, it was perfectly clear to her just which one of her literary personalities was doing the writing. This remarkable statement, the discrepancy in the count of her books, and a curiosity about a writer who could produce in a life span of little more than forty years such a great number of books, be it seventy or one hundred, are the motivations for this paper. Its purpose is to compile from various sources a literary biography of Margaret Wise Brown and to establish the canon of her writing"--Introduction.
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1959
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FSU_historic_akd9326
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Julia Peterkin, South Carolina author: A bio-bibliography.
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Stem, Louise Timberlake, Clapp, Robert, Florida State University
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"Books recording the mores and folkways of small segments of our society are often of great sociological value. Such records may be scientific reports or interesting fiction. In the latter group are Julia Mood Peterkin's books, which attempt to record the lives of the South Carolina coastal Negroes known as Gullahs. Mrs. Peterkin's description of the lives of these exotic and unusual people has brought her literary recognition. For two of her short stories, she received the O'Henry Memorial...
Show more"Books recording the mores and folkways of small segments of our society are often of great sociological value. Such records may be scientific reports or interesting fiction. In the latter group are Julia Mood Peterkin's books, which attempt to record the lives of the South Carolina coastal Negroes known as Gullahs. Mrs. Peterkin's description of the lives of these exotic and unusual people has brought her literary recognition. For two of her short stories, she received the O'Henry Memorial Prize Award, and for her novel, Scarlet Sister Mary, a Pulitzer Prize. Despite her literary fame, factual knowledge about Mrs. Peterkin's life is sparse and fragmentary. To compile information not hitherto available in one source, along with bibliographical data relative to Julia Peterkin and her works, is the purpose of this study"--Introduction.
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1959
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FSU_historic_akd9355
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