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(1900-1984) Novelist. Elswyth Thane was born in Burlington, Iowa. She moved with her family to New York City in 1918. She is best known for her Williamsburg series of historical fiction books. She was married to the naturalist writer William Beebe.

Full Name

Elswyth Thane

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1900

BIRTH

Elswyth Thane was born Helen Ricker in Burlington, Iowa, in 1900.

1918

OTHER

Elswyth Thane moved with her family to New York City in 1918.

1925

LITWORK

Riders Of The Wind
Frederick A. Stokes Company.

Novel.

1930

LITWORK

Bound to Happen
Putnum.

Novel.

1943

LITWORK

Dawn's Early Light
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
ASIN: B0007DYBRS.
Williamsburg series novel.

1944

LITWORK

Yankee Stranger


Williamsburg series novel.

1947

LITWORK

The Bird Who Made Good
Duell, Sloan & Pearce.

Nonfiction.

1948

LITWORK

Kissing Kin
Amereon Ltd.
ISBN-10: 088411970X, ISBN-13: 978-0884119708.
Williamsburg series novel.

1951

LITWORK

This Was Tomorrow
Hawthorn Books, Inc.
ISBN-10: 080157627X, ISBN-13: 978-0801576270.
Williamsburg series novel.

1957

LITWORK

Homing
Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
ASIN: B0006AUXHE.
Williamsburg series novel.

1960

LITWORK

Washington's Lady
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company.
ASIN: B002C7B3GE.
Nonfiction.

1972

LITWORK

The Fighting Quaker: Nathanael Greene
New York: Hawthorn Books.

Nonfiction.

1984

DEATH

Elswyth Thane died in 1984.

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