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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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    First published in 1930 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1960 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1944 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1967 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1963 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1941 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1954 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1953 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1970 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1973 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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, Fiction, Large type books, Biography, England, fiction, History, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Presidents' spouses, Childhood and youth, Description and travel, Farmers, Fiction in English, Generals, Homes and haunts, Juvenile literature, Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate), Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, Plantation life, Plantation owners, Politics and government, Presidents, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction
Places
United States, Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate), Virginia, Cambridge, D.C., Europe, Great Britain, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon (Estate), Philadelphia, Vermont, Washington
People
George Washington (1732-1799), Dolley Madison (1768-1849), Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), Elswyth Thane (1900-), James Madison, John Adams, John Todd, Martha Washington (1731-1802), Washington family
Time
Civil War, 1861-1865, WWII, 1731-1802, 1768-1849, 1897, 1936-1945, 1938-, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Early 1900s, Pre WWI

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