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Gertrude Atherton

Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller Black Oxen (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. [Wikipedia]

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Born 30 October 1857
Died 14 June 1948

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  • Cover of: The ambassadors

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  • Cover of: The Californians.

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  • Cover of: The splendid idle forties: stories of old California

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  • Cover of: The conqueror: a dramatized biography of Alexander Hamilton

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  • Cover of: The bell in the fog, and other stories.

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  • Cover of: The sisters-in-law: a novel of our time

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  • Cover of: Rezánov

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  • Cover of: Senator North.

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  • Cover of: Black oxen

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  • Cover of: The avalanche: a mystery story

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  • Cover of: Ancestors: a novel

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  • Cover of: The white morning: a novel of the power of the German women in wartime

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  • Cover of: Sleeping fires: a novel

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  • Cover of: The doomswoman: an historical romance of old California.

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  • Cover of: The valiant runaways

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  • Cover of: What dreams may come.: A romance

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  • Cover of: American wives and English husbands: a novel

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  • Cover of: The Gorgeous Isle: A Romance : Scene: Nevis, B.W.I., 1842

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  • Cover of: The aristocrats: being the impressions of the Lady Helen Pole during her sojourn in the Great north woods as spontaneously recorded in her letters to her friends in North Britain, the Countess of Edge and Ross.

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  • Cover of: Patience Sparhawk and her times: a novel

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Born 30 October 1857
Died 14 June 1948

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, History, California, fiction, Social life and customs, Classic Literature, Women, American fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), World War, 1914-1918, short stories, American Horror tales, American Short stories, American literature, Children's fiction, Crime, Detective and mystery stories, Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration, Explorers, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, psychological, Greece, fiction, Horror stories

Places

California, San Francisco (Calif.), Athens (Greece), France, London, San Francisco, United States, Baker Street, Carthage (Extinct city), England, Germany, Greece, Jamaica, Mallard residence, North America, Paris, Paris (France), Vietnam, Washington (D.C.)

People

Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857-1948), Nikolaĭ Petrovich Rezanov (1764-1807), Alcibiades, Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), Archie, Aspasia, Brently Mallard, Carlos, Dido Queen of Carthage, Duncan Ross, Ethelred, Fortunato, Henry James (1843-1916), Jabez Wilson, John Clay, John H. Watson, Josephine, Lady Fortunato, Louise Mallard, Luchresi, Madeline Usher, Montresor, Mr. Merryweather, Oscar Lewis (1893-1992), Pericles (499-429 B.C)

Time

To 1846, 19th century, 20th century, 1890, 1890s, Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C., Early Twentieth Century, carnival

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April 13, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig changed main name
April 5, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
November 12, 2023 Edited by mheiman merge authors
March 17, 2022 Edited by M C W Corrected date format
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import