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West Jessamyn

The Friendly Persuasion

Mariner Books

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A quintessential American heroine, Eliza Birdwell is a wonderful blend of would-be austerity, practicality, and gentle humor when it comes to keeping her faith and caring for her family and community. Her husband, Jess, shares Eliza's love of people and peaceful ways but, unlike Eliza, also displays a fondness for a fast horse and a lively tune. With their children, they must negotiate their way through a world that constantly confronts them-sometimes with candor, sometimes with violence-and tests the strength of their beliefs. Whether it's a gift parcel arriving on their doorstep or Confederate soldiers approaching their land, the Birdwells embrace life with emotion, conviction, and a love for one another that seems to conquer all.
The Friendly Persuasion has charmed generations of readers as one of our classic tales of the American Midwest.

Collected Stories Of Jessamyn West

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  • ISBN13: 9780156189798
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In thirty-six stories, West rings changes in time and presents a startling sweep of personalities and moods. Her themes span the breadth of experience, from the bite of misery to the balm of delight. Her achievement, taken totally, is a spectrum of living-a haunting, rewarding experience.
Cress Delahanty (Contemporary Classics by Women)

The Feminist Press at CUNY

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Brimming “with humor and charm and youthful animal spirits…There is much true wisdom in Cress Delahanty.” (The New York Times)

West writes “gracefully, occasionally poetically, in a voice both innocent and brave.” (The Washington Post)

Set in rural California in the 1940s, this novel wittily portrays an adolescent girl navigating pivotal moments of growing up between 12 and 16. West is equally insightful about the eternal problems of parenthood and how raising children transforms a marriage.

Jessamyn West (1902-1984) was the author of forty books and often contributed to magazines like The New Yorker.

Leafy Rivers, New Edition (Library of Indiana Classics)

Indiana University Press

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Jessamyn West's spirited novel—set in the Ohio Territory in the early 1880s—is a handsomely paced adventure for lovers of period romance and suspense. Leafy Rivers is a young bride caught up in emotions she does not altogether understand and cannot quite control. As she races against time to save a life and a marriage that may already be lost, a vivid assortment of characters—such as Simon Yanders, a man whose loss has taught him generosity and whose grief has made him alert to joy; Cashie Wade, irresistibly wild and free; and Leafy's husband, Reno, whose love is matched only by his ineptitude—offers challenges that threaten to waylay her at every turn.

Hide And Seek: A Continuing Journey: A Continuing Journey

Mariner Books

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An account of the author's experiences, observations, and thoughts during a three-month stay in a travel trailer on a remote bank of the Colorado River.
Quaker Reader

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