Author: THANE, ELSWYTH (HELEN ELSWYTH THANE RICKER BEEBE)
Title: Yankee Stranger
Description: New York: Family Bookshelf, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a light slant to the spine of the book, and there is some light rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and number 2 on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears, along with some rubbing, edge wear, and spots of rubbing. "Helen Elswyth Thane Ricker Beebe (May 16, 1900 – July 31, 1984) was an American romance novelist. Born in Burlington, Iowa, she was the daughter of a local teacher and high school principal. The family moved to New York City in 1918, and "Helen Ricker" changed her name to "Elswyth Thane". She began working as a freelance writer in the 1920s, and became a newspaper writer and a Hollywood screenwriter. Her first novel, Riders of the Wind, was published in 1926. Her novel, The Tudor Wench, about Elizabeth I of England, was made into a play. She was a collector of scarves. On September 22, 1927, at 27 years old she married 50-year-old naturalist and explorer William Beebe; it was his second marriage. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was one of the guests at the wedding. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction Elswyth Thane Historical Fiction Civil War Modern Fiction
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Title: Yankee Stranger
Description: New York: Family Bookshelf, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a light slant to the spine of the book, and there is some light rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and number 2 on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears, along with some rubbing, edge wear, and spots of rubbing. "Helen Elswyth Thane Ricker Beebe (May 16, 1900 – July 31, 1984) was an American romance novelist. Born in Burlington, Iowa, she was the daughter of a local teacher and high school principal. The family moved to New York City in 1918, and "Helen Ricker" changed her name to "Elswyth Thane". She began working as a freelance writer in the 1920s, and became a newspaper writer and a Hollywood screenwriter. Her first novel, Riders of the Wind, was published in 1926. Her novel, The Tudor Wench, about Elizabeth I of England, was made into a play. She was a collector of scarves. On September 22, 1927, at 27 years old she married 50-year-old naturalist and explorer William Beebe; it was his second marriage. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was one of the guests at the wedding. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction Elswyth Thane Historical Fiction Civil War Modern Fiction
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 39807
- Book number: 39807
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