tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post8348979553292924602..comments2024-03-27T10:21:58.236-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: The Americans: B's (2 of 4)Furrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-59997472006605803922018-06-16T16:03:33.013-07:002018-06-16T16:03:33.013-07:00And we haven't even got to the post including ...And we haven't even got to the post including several very politically engaged authors, Susan!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-80799487977900281942018-06-16T16:01:47.379-07:002018-06-16T16:01:47.379-07:00I have to admit I'm a bit intrigued by her boo...I have to admit I'm a bit intrigued by her book about living in a haunted house too. Good to know you enjoyed It Had to be You as well. It sounds like you could have compiled this list, Constance!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-33718814822119543642018-06-16T15:57:08.736-07:002018-06-16T15:57:08.736-07:00Thanks Tom. Yes an author who could write both Jun...Thanks Tom. Yes an author who could write both Junior Miss and Hitchcock must have been quite versatile!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-55630637919827768092018-06-16T15:55:13.775-07:002018-06-16T15:55:13.775-07:00Thanks Patrick. I'm adding both of those title...Thanks Patrick. I'm adding both of those titles to my database!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-7456906091195074742018-06-16T15:53:51.430-07:002018-06-16T15:53:51.430-07:00Thanks Norman. I love the covers too, and for a fe...Thanks Norman. I love the covers too, and for a few of these authors the covers might be the best part...Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-43576850731764253822018-06-16T15:51:27.008-07:002018-06-16T15:51:27.008-07:00How on earth did I manage that I wonder! I can'...How on earth did I manage that I wonder! I can't correct it at the moment but hopefully will remember soon.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-78370958460154636592018-06-16T15:50:12.895-07:002018-06-16T15:50:12.895-07:00Do let me know what you think of The Cut of Her Ji...Do let me know what you think of The Cut of Her Jib, Christina. I have my eye on that one too!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-79096621608373017202018-06-16T09:21:30.741-07:002018-06-16T09:21:30.741-07:00I was wrong! "Peacock Fathers" was the ...I was wrong! "Peacock Fathers" was the basis for a screenplay, which she also wrote.<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-58264485882204712322018-06-15T16:33:02.827-07:002018-06-15T16:33:02.827-07:00Very overwhelming, Scott, and we're only partw...Very overwhelming, Scott, and we're only partway through B. <br /><br />Looking at all those covers and titles, it strikes me that some of them look awfully Serious and Earnest and Uplifting.Susan Dhttp://www.susandaly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-23371502852547683912018-06-11T07:48:49.641-07:002018-06-11T07:48:49.641-07:00Wow, Patrick, that last sentence - someone ought t...Wow, Patrick, that last sentence - someone ought to do a song like that! Ha ha.<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-8932418797232769432018-06-10T21:03:04.318-07:002018-06-10T21:03:04.318-07:00Wow, several authors I have never come across: gre...Wow, several authors I have never come across: great fun and as always the covers are awesome!<br /><br />Elizabeth Byrd - I own a copy of It Had to be You which is charming. I have not reread for a long time but I seem to recall it is a sequel to I'll Get By. I never came across her adult books but am sure they are worth hunting down.CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-62600214053480269642018-06-10T20:48:51.194-07:002018-06-10T20:48:51.194-07:00Temple Bailey is credited in IMDB (one of my favor...Temple Bailey is credited in IMDB (one of my favorite databases!) as being the writer for three silent screenplays - including a "short," Auntie, from 1914. <br />The two others, `925 and 1928, don't seem to be based on any of her novels, though.<br />Sally Benson is the only author her I had heard of - I once started Meet Me in St. Louis, and saw both the movies, including Peggy Ann Garner in Junior MIss - my goodness, she went to win an Oscar nomination for the screenplay of Anna and the King of Siam, and a WGA nomination for Come to the Stable. She also wrote the screenplay for Shadow of a Doubt for Hitchcock! (Her FIRST screenplay!) AND the wonderful noir thriller No Man of Her Own, with Barbara Stanwyck. A woman on many sides!<br />WOW! Thanks, Scott!<br />Tom<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-66127804455963977222018-06-10T18:48:32.435-07:002018-06-10T18:48:32.435-07:00Another good source for novelists of this period i...Another good source for novelists of this period is John M. Bradbury's Renaissance in the South: A Critical History of the Literature, 1920-1960 (note the years!).<br /><br />I noticed tonight that the Open Library has a number of Sara Ware Bassett titles available to borrow. You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod!Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-5658905302440726702018-06-10T18:42:19.887-07:002018-06-10T18:42:19.887-07:00The Chicago public library system is also rich in ...The Chicago public library system is also rich in obscure older novels, unless they have de-accessioned them (I hope not!).Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-82270006235905640632018-06-10T09:46:47.775-07:002018-06-10T09:46:47.775-07:00Lorna Doone Beers is discussed, along with other w...Lorna Doone Beers is discussed, along with other women novelists relevant to your project, in Roy W. Meyer's excellent 1965 study The Middle Western Farm Novel in the Twentieth Century.Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-10736633234496001192018-06-10T03:44:46.086-07:002018-06-10T03:44:46.086-07:00Scott, thanks so much for sharing those covers. Th...Scott, thanks so much for sharing those covers. They are what I really enjoy. They're so different and can be seen to span time and trends!Norman Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15786362698394605291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-5915166684344636992018-06-09T23:16:38.818-07:002018-06-09T23:16:38.818-07:00P.S. There is one typo in the list: Geraldine Bonn...P.S. There is one typo in the list: Geraldine Bonner's book is called MiSS Maitland, Private Secretary (not MiTT).BookTapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808126395322513413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-87689636656116718582018-06-09T23:14:36.083-07:002018-06-09T23:14:36.083-07:00I appreciate all your work on these lists. Several...I appreciate all your work on these lists. Several authors here sound interesting. And my Cincinnati library has many of these novels available (in first editions) stowed away downtown! I'm asking for "The Cut of Her Jib" soon.BookTapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808126395322513413noreply@blogger.com