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Thorkild Hansen
Thorkild Hansen (1927-1989)

journalist, autobiographer, literary historian

  • University of Copenhagen

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Processen mod Hamsun
Coast of slaves =
Arabia Felix
Islands of Slaves
The way to Hudson Bay
Jens Munk
Les bateaux négriers
Slavernes øer
Det lykkelige Arabien
North West to Hudson Bay
Slavernes skibe
Øer
Sidste sommer i Angmagssalik
Havblik midt på dagen
COAST OF SLAVES (SLAVERNES KYST); TRANS. BY KARI DAKO
La Côte des esclaves
Processen mod Hamsun
Processen mod Hamsun
Rejsedagbøger
Søforhør
Mellem Brøndkjær og Nørholm
De søde piger
Jens Munks minde-ekspedition
Ships of slaves =
Der Hamsun Prozess
Resten er stilhed
Kurs mod solnedgangen
La mort en arabie - une expedition danoise 1761-1767 (ne)
Et atelier i Paris
Processen mod Hamsun
Slavernes øer
Arabia Felix
Genklang
Enemærker
ISLANDS OF SLAVES (SLAVERNES OER); TRANS. BY KARI DAKO
Minder svøbt i Vejr
The way to Hudson Bay
SHIPS OF SLAVES; TRANS. BY KARI DAKO
Vinterhavn
Slavernes skibe
Reise nach Arabien. Die Geschichte der Königlich Dänischen Jemen-Expedition, 1761-1767
Artikler fra Paris 1947-52
Slavernes kyst
Jens Munk
Jens Munk
Arabia felix
Det lykkelige Arabien
Prosessen mot Hamsun
Minder svoebt i Vejr
Camus' død
Reise nach Arabien
Camus’ surm
La Mort en Arabie
Arabia Felix, the Danish expedition of 1761-1767
Arabia Felix
Nicholas Shakespeare
Nicholas Shakespeare (born 1957)

journalist, biographer

  • Dragon School, Winchester College

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Hervey Allen
Hervey Allen (1889-1949)

literary critic, poet, biographer, teacher

  • University of Pittsburgh, Shady Side Academy

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The forest and the fort
Anthony Adverse
Israfel
Bedford Village
Toward the morning
Anthony Adverse
Anthony Adverse, Part 1
Toward the flame
The city in the dawn
Anthony Adverse.
Du Bose Heyward
It was like this
Christmas epithalamium
Anthony Adverse, Part 3
The blindman
Earth moods
Carolina Chansons
Action at Aquila
Carolina Chansons
New legends
The bride of Huitzil
Carolina chansons
Anthony Adverse, Part 2
Carolina Chansons, Legends of the Low Country
Israfel, the life and times of Edgar Allan Poe
Sarah Simon
Israfel
Toward the flame; a war diary
Wampum and old gold
Anthony Adverse
The sources of Anthony Adverse
Ballads of the border
Lute and Scimitar
Songs for Annette
Wampum and old gold
Du Bose Heyward
The forest and the fort
Israfel
Margaret Deland
Margaret Deland (1857-1945)

autobiographer, poet

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Wisdom of Fools
Old Chester tales
John Ward, preacher
Florida days
Around Old Chester
Small things
Florida days
Sidney
Where the laborers are few
Small things
Mr. Tommy Dove: And Other Stories
An Old Chester secret
Old Chester tales
John Ward, preacher
The Way to Peace
The promises of Alice
The vehement flame
R. J.'s mother, and some other people
Dr. Lavendar's people
Sidney
The way to peace
Mr. Tommy Dove
The old garden
The common way
Dr. Lavendar's people by Margaret Deland
The voice
Small things
Partners
The iron woman
Around Old Chester
An Old Chester secret
The wisdom of fools
The Awakening of Helena Richie
Philip and his wife
The rising tide
Good for the soul
The iron woman
Old Chester Days
An Old Chester Secret
Mr. Tommy Dove, And Other Stories
Around Old Chester
The Iron Woman
The Wisdom of Fools
Partners
Philip And His Wife
Good For The Soul
Golden yesterdays
Small Things
The old garden, and other verses
The wisdom of fools
The Rising Tide
The old garden and other verses
Old Chester Tales
John Ward, Preacher
R. J's mother and some other people
The hands of Esau
If This Be I, As I Suppose It Be
John Ward Preacher
Dr. Lavendar's people
The common way
Many Waters
An encore
R.J.'s mother
Philip and his wife
Way to Peace
Old Chester days
Mr. Tommy Dove
The story of a child in old Chester
Sidney
The voice
The rising tide
Way to Peace
Dr. Lavendar's People
Partners
The vehement flame
The promises of Alice
The story of a child
John Ward, preacher
Sidney
John Ward, Preacher
Captain Archer's daughter
Iron Woman:(illustrated Edition)
Iron Woman Illustrated
Iron Woman-Original Edition(Annotated)
Reencuentro
The Rising Tide
Where the Laborers Are Few
Iron Woman
Sidney
An Old Chester Secret
Dr. Lavendar's People
The Kays
Iron Woman (Illustrated)
Around Old Chester
The Voice
Old Chester Tales (Illustrated)
Iron Woman Annotated and Illustrated
Doctor Lavendar's People
Iron Woman by Margaret Deland Student Edition and Annotated Edition
Dr. Lavendar's People by Margaret Deland. Illustrated by Lucius Hitchcock
Partners
The Way to Peace
Iron Woman Illustrated
Iron Woman (Annotated Edition)
A Summer day
New friends in old Chester
The Vehement Flame
The old garden
Old Chester Secret
Way to Peace
Iron Woman Illustrate
The Awakening of Helena Richie
John Ward Preacher
Iron Woman by Margaret Deland
John Ward, Preacher
Iron Woman Annotated
Iron Woman (Annotated)
Voice
John Ward, preacher
Old Chester tales
If this be I, as I suppose it be
Dr. Lavendar's people
THE RISING TIDE
Old garden & other verses
Old garden and other verses
Annejet van der Zijl
Annejet van der Zijl (born 1962)

journalist, biographer

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Marcia Davenport
Marcia Davenport (1903-1996)

biographer, music critic, journalist, opinion journalist, musicologist

  • Wellesley College

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Too strong for fantasy
Mozart
East Side, West Side
Of Lena Geyer
My Brother's Keeper
The valley of decision
Mozart
Too strong for fantasy
The valley of decision
East side, West side
The constant image
Garibaldi
Les frères Holt
Too Strong for Fantasy
The constant image
Lena Geyer
Jan
Le fleuve qui tout emporta
The constant image
ʻEmeḳ he-ḥaruts
Of Lena Geyer
Too strong for fantasy
Of Lena Geyer
Marcia Davenport papers
Darkah shel Lenah Gayʼer
Hannah Crafts
Hannah Crafts (1830-1901)

teacher, autobiographer

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The bondwoman's narrative
The Bondwoman's Narrative
A. E. Hotchner
A. E. Hotchner (1917-2020)

biographer, journalist, playwright

  • Washington University in St. Louis

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Louisiana Purchase
The day I fired Alan Ladd and other World War II adventures
The amazing adventures of Aaron Broom
Papa Hemingway
Shameless exploitation in pursuit of the common good
Sophia, living and loving
Hemingway and his world
Looking for Miracles
Doris Day
Everyone Comes to Elaine's
Choice people
Treasure
King of the Hill
Ernest Hemingway's After the Storm
A friendship
Blown away
Hemingway in love
Shameless Exploitation In Pursuit of the Common Good
The man who lived at the Ritz
Hemingway and his world
The boyhood memoirs of A.E. Hotchner
Sophia Living and Loving
Blown Away/a No-Holds-Barred Portrait of the Rolling Stones and the Sixties
Doris Day Her Own Story
Papa Hemingway
Papa Hemingway ; a personal memoir
Paul and Me
Dear Paul Newman
O.J. in the morning, G&T at night
Blown away
Papa Hemingway
The man who lived at the Ritz
Papa Hemingway: a personal memoir
El Secreto de Paul
Doris Day
Doris Day
Papa Hemingway
Kissing the Wind
Newman's Own Cookbook
Man Who Lived At Ritz
Papa Hemingway
Hemingway in Love
Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good
The dangerous American
Blown Away
PAPA HEMINGWAY, A PERSONAL MEMOIR
Them an who lived at the Ritz
The wizard of Oz
Paul and Me
Treasure
King of the hill
Papa Hemingway - A Personal Memoir
Hemingway in Love : His Own Story
Briar Rose
King of the Hill
The Good Life According to Hemingway
Papa Hemingway
Der Schatz von Dongo
King of the hill
1966 ERNEST PAPA HEMINGWAY BY FRIEND A.E. HOTCHNER ILLUSTRATED WITH DUST JACKET GIFT
Doris Day Her Own Story
Papa Hemingway
The White House
Sofia: Su Propia Historia/Sophia
Paul and Me
Papa Hemmingway
Sofia Rōren
Doris Day
Treasure
Sophia : Living and Loving
Papa Hemingway a Personal Memoir
ha-Ish she-hitgorer be-Rits
A.E. Hotchner/Ernest Hemingway collection
La buena vida según Hemingway
Papa Hemingway
Everyone Comes to Elaine's
Paul Newman