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Elswyth Thane

Helen Ricker was born in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of a local teacher and high school principal. She moved with her family to New York City in 1918 and 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. In 1927, she married 50-year-old naturalist and explorer William Beebe. Her most famous work was her "Williamsburg" series of historical romance fiction, which followed several generations of two families during the American Revolutionary War. She began the series with Dawn's Early Light in 1934, and the last book in the series was Homing, published in 1957. After the death of her husband Beebe in 1962, she continued to live on the couple's farm in Wilmington, Vermont.

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Born 16 May 1900
Died July 1984

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    First published in 1939 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The Tudor wench

    First published in 1930 — 7 editions
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    First published in 1967 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Dawn's early light

    First published in 1943 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1945 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Family Quarrel a Journey Through the Years of the Revolution

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  • Cover of: Washington's lady.

    First published in 1960 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Mount Vernon: the legacy: the story of its preservation and care since 1885.

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    First published in 1963 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Queen's Folly: a romance

    First published in 1937 — 3 editions
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Born 16 May 1900
Died July 1984

Subjects

Fiction, historical, general, United states, fiction, Day, julian (fictitious character), fiction, England, fiction, History, Large type books, Fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Biography, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, fiction, Cuba, fiction, Spanish-american war, 1898, fiction, Fiction in English, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Childhood and youth, Conservatism, Conservative Party (Great Britain), Juvenile literature, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, Presidents' spouses, Prime ministers, Agriculture, Country life, Description and travel, Drama

Places

United States, Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate), Virginia, Great Britain, Vermont, Cambridge, D.C., Europe, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon (Estate), Philadelphia, Washington, Williamsburg (Va.)

People

Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), George Washington (1732-1799), Ann Pamela Cunningham (1816-1875), Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), Dolley Madison (1768-1849), Elswyth Thane (1900-), James Madison, John Adams, John Todd, Martha Washington (1731-1802), Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), Washington family

Time

Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Civil War, 1861-1865, Revolution, 1775-1783, WWII, 1731-1802, 1768-1849, 1897, 1936-1945, 1938-, 19th century, Early 1900s, Pre WWI

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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December 8, 2013 Edited by Patricia Bauer merge authors
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import