California's Daughter Gertrude Atherton and Her Times |
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| Author:
| Leider, Emily Wortis |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-1820-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1991 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first biography of Gertrude Atherton, one of the most famous, outspoken, and successful novelists of her time. It emphasizes her place in the emergent debate on the place of women in society and her friendships with such figures as Ambrose Bierce and Gertrude Stein.
This is the first biography of Gertrude Atherton, one of the most famous, outspoken, and successful novelists of her time. It emphasizes her place in the emergent debate on the place of women in society and her friendships with such figures as Ambrose Bierce and Gertrude Stein.