About Jessamyn West
Mary Jessamyn West was an American Quaker who wrote numerous stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945).
West went to Whittier College in the 1920s. There she helped found the Palmer Society, in 1921.
West went to Whittier College in the 1920s. There she helped found the Palmer Society, in 1921.
Novels
The Witch Diggers (1952)
Little Men (1954)
aka The Chilekings
Learn to Say Goodbye (1957)
South of the Angels (1961)
A Matter of Time (1966)
Leafy Rivers (1968)
The Massacre at Fall Creek (1975)
The Whittier Story (1975)
The Life I Really Lived: A Novel (1979)
The State of Stony Lonesome (1985)
Little Men (1954)
aka The Chilekings
Learn to Say Goodbye (1957)
South of the Angels (1961)
A Matter of Time (1966)
Leafy Rivers (1968)
The Massacre at Fall Creek (1975)
The Whittier Story (1975)
The Life I Really Lived: A Novel (1979)
The State of Stony Lonesome (1985)
Collections
The Friendly Persuasion (1945)
Cress Delahanty (1954)
Love, Death, and the Ladies' Drill Team (1955)
Quaker Reader (1962)
Except for Me and Thee: A Companion to the Friendly Persuasion (1969)
Crimson Ramblers of the World- Farewell (1970)
The Secret Look (poems) (1974)
The Story of a Story and Three Stories (1982)
Collected Stories of Jessamyn West (1987)
Cress Delahanty (1954)
Love, Death, and the Ladies' Drill Team (1955)
Quaker Reader (1962)
Except for Me and Thee: A Companion to the Friendly Persuasion (1969)
Crimson Ramblers of the World- Farewell (1970)
The Secret Look (poems) (1974)
The Story of a Story and Three Stories (1982)
Collected Stories of Jessamyn West (1987)
Plays
Non fiction
The Reading Public (1953)
To See the Dream (1957)
Love Is Not What You Think (1959)
aka A Woman's Love
On Words and Men (1960)
Hide and Seek (1973)
The Woman Said Yes (1976)
Encounters with Death and Life: A Memoir (1977)
Double Discovery: A Journey (1980)
To See the Dream (1957)
Love Is Not What You Think (1959)
aka A Woman's Love
On Words and Men (1960)
Hide and Seek (1973)
The Woman Said Yes (1976)
Encounters with Death and Life: A Memoir (1977)
Double Discovery: A Journey (1980)
Jessamyn West recommends
 The Unforgiven (1957) Alan LeMay "This is how it must have been...this is the book about Indians and whites to read." |
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