Poling(-Kempes), Lesley
POLING(-KEMPES), Lesley
POLING(-KEMPES), Lesley. American, b. 1954. Genres: Novels, History. Career: Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, historian and leader of women's studies seminars, 1976-. Documentary filmmaker, "Between Green and Dry," 1983. Writer, producer, codirector, and researcher, 1979-84. Publications: To God Be the Glory (documentary screenplay), 1984; The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West, 1989; Far from Home: West by Rail with the Harvey Girls, 1995; Canyon of Remembering, 1996; Valley of Shining Stone: The Story of Abiquiu, 1997. Address: PO Box 36, Abiquiu, NM 87510, U.S.A.
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