| The Californians by Gertrude Atherton, Fiction, Classics, Literary Contributor(s): Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn (Author) |
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ISBN: 1606647008 ISBN-13: 9781606647004 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Magdalena might have been thought the happiest girl in the world. Born into a family of great wealth, she has an ambitious but kindly father, Don Roberto Yorba, and a mother of New England extraction who manages the household in a practical and restrained manner. Yet she has been a quiet girl from the moment of her birth, when she was thought born dead; and her mixture of Spanish and New England blood gives her both looks and character she thinks outshined in every way by her vivacious and constant friend, Helena, from another of California's wealthiest families. And while a fortune has been made, Fortune does not always smile upon the Yorba house: so that as Magdalena moves into womanhood, the difficulties she must face are ones she must master with her own inner resources. Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948), author of such novels as "The White Morning," "Black Oxen," and "What Dreams May Come," is best known for this sweeping novel of a young California. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California |
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Contributor Bio(s): Atherton, Gertrude: - "Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857 - 1948) was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller Black Oxen (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics and war. She was strong-willed, independent-minded and sometimes controversial." |