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Mary Jessamyn West (July 18, 1902 – February 23, 1984) was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). [1] A Quaker from Indiana , she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 [ 2 ] and Whittier College in 1923.
Jul 14, 2024 · Jessamyn West was an American writer, a master of the short story and an accomplished novelist, who wrote with particular sensitivity about mother-daughter relationships. She is perhaps best remembered for The Friendly Persuasion (1945), which gathered stories that reflect her Quaker heritage.
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American writer who gained particular renown for novels and short stories set in Quaker communities in the American West. Born Mary Jessamyn West near North Vernon, Indiana, on July 2, 1902; died of a massive stroke in Napa, California, on February 23, 1984; daughter of Eldo Roy West (a teacher, citrus grower, and businessman) and Grace Anna ...
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The Friendly Persuasion(short stories), Harcourt, 1945, reprinted, Buccaneer Books, 1982, reprinted, Harcourt Brace, 1991.The Witch Diggers(novel), Harcourt, 1951.Cress Delahanty(short stories; Book-of-the-Month Club selection), Harcourt, 1953.Little Men (novel), Ballantine, 1954, republished as The Chile Kings,1967.To See the Dream,Harcourt, 1957.Love Is Not What You Think, Harcourt, 1959 (published in England as A Woman's Love,Hodder & Stoughton, 1960).Hide and Seek: A Continuing Journey,Harcourt, 1973.The Woman Said Yes: Encounters with Death and Life (Book-of-the- Month Club alternate selection), Harcourt, 1976 (published in England as Encounters with Death and Life: Memoirs,Gollancz, 1978).A Mirror for the Sky(opera libretto; first performed at the University of Oregon at Eugene, May 24, 1957), Harcourt, 1948."The Friendly Persuasion" (screenplay; based on story collection of same title), produced by Allied Artists, 1956."The Big Country" (screenplay), produced by United Artists, 1958."Stolen Hours" (screenplay), produced by United Artists, 1963.(Contributor) Cross Section 1948: A Collection of New American Writing, Simon & Schuster, 1948.(Editor) A Quaker Reader,Viking, 1962, with introduction, Pendle Hill, 1992.The Secret Look: Poems,Harcourt, 1974.Los Angeles Times correspondent Kay Mills noted that West wrote "from memory. Her own. Her mother's. That of her Quaker religion and of the two regions she [called] home--southern Indiana, where she was born, and Southern California, where she was raised." Both regions from which West drew her inspiration were rugged and sparsely populated when she...
Feb 24, 1984 · Jessamyn West, the author of popular short stories and novels about Quakers set in her native Indiana, including ''The Friendly Persuasion,'' died here early today. She was 81 years old.
West began her writing career by publishing in small literary magazines, a practice she notes “spared her some disappointment.” Her stories have since been widely published in more popular magazines, and included in many of the Best Short Story collections.
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WEST, Jessamyn. Born 18 July 1902, near Butlerville, Indiana; died February 1984. Daughter of Eldo R. and Grace Milhous West; married Harry M. McPherson, 1923; children: one daughter. The eldest of four children, Jessamyn West was reared in Yorba Linda, California. She began writing—novels, short stories, essays, autobiography, articles ...
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