Jessamyn West
(1902 - 1984)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 Whittier Story (1975)
The Massacre at Fall Creek (1975)
The Life I Really Lived (1979)
The State of Stony Lonesome (1984)
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 Whittier Story (1975)
The Massacre at Fall Creek (1975)
The Life I Really Lived (1979)
The State of Stony Lonesome (1984)
Collections
The Friendly Persuasion (1945)
Cress Delahanty (1954)
Love, Death, and the Ladies' Drill Team (1955)
Quaker Reader (1962)
Except for Me and Thee (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 (1986)
Cress Delahanty (1954)
Love, Death, and the Ladies' Drill Team (1955)
Quaker Reader (1962)
Except for Me and Thee (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 (1986)
Plays show
Non fiction show
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."
Books containing stories by Jessamyn West
The Best American Short Stories 1963 (1963)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
David Burnett and Martha Foley
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