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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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American writer (1900–1984)

Born 16 May 1900
Died July 1984

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  • Cover of: The Tudor wench

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

    First published in 1943 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1950 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Queen's Folly

    First published in 1937 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Riders of the wind: a romance

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  • Cover of: Bound to happen

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  • Cover of: Cloth of gold: a novel

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  • Cover of: From this day forward

    First published in 1941 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: His Elizabeth

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  • Cover of: Kissing kin

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  • Cover of: Letter to a stranger.

    First published in 1954 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1953 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Remember Today

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American writer (1900–1984)

Born 16 May 1900
Died July 1984

Subjects

Day, julian (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, historical, general, United states, fiction, England, fiction, History, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, fiction, Fiction, Large type books, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Biography, Childhood and youth, Cuba, fiction, Fiction in English, Spanish-american war, 1898, fiction, Agriculture, Conservatism, Conservative Party (Great Britain), Country life, Drama, Farmers, Finches, Homes and haunts, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature

Places

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

People

Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), Dolley Madison (1768-1849), Elswyth Thane (1900-), George Washington (1732-1799), James Madison, John Adams, John Todd, Washington family

Time

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

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
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