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Atherton, Gertrude (Franklin)
Atherton, Gertrude [Franklin] (1857–1948), California author, whose many novels include a series depicting life in her native state from Spanish times to the present, in such volumes as Before the Gringo Came (1894), revised as The Splendid Idle Forties (1902); The Californians (1898, revised 1935); Rezánov (1906); The Sisters‐in‐Law (1921); and The Horn of Life (1942). She also wrote a fictional biography of Alexander Hamilton, The Conqueror (1902), and several society novels which include Julia France and Her Times (1912) and the sensational Black Oxen (1923). Other works are essays, short stories, a history of California, Golden Gate Country (1945) in the American Folkways series, and several novels on classical themes. Adventures of a Novelist (1932) is her autobiography.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Atherton, Gertrude (Franklin)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Atherton, Gertrude (Franklin)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-AthertonGertrudeFranklin.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Atherton, Gertrude (Franklin)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-AthertonGertrudeFranklin.html |
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Gertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton
Gertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton , 1857–1948, American writer, b. San Francisco. She wrote a series of historical novels about California, which include The Californians (1898), Rezánov (1906), and The Ancestors (1907). Her most popular books are The Conqueror (1902), which is a fictionalized biography of Alexander Hamilton, and the sensational novel Black Oxen (1923), concerning a woman who is rejuvenated by a glandular operation and based on Atherton's own experience of glandular therapy.
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"Gertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Gertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Atherton.html "Gertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Atherton.html |
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