Barman, Jean.

Constance Lindsay Skinner : Writing on the Frontier. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (388 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Writing on the Frontier -- 2 A British Columbian Inheritance -- 3 Border Crossing -- 4 Beyond Journalism -- 5 Storytelling -- 6 Engaging the Frontier -- 7 Private Woman -- 8 Old and New Directions -- 9 Return to the British Columbia Frontier -- 10 No More Private Woman -- 11 Almost Famous -- 12 Reflections -- Appendix: Chronology of the Life of Constance Lindsay Skinner -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.

Born in 1877 on the British Columbia frontier, Constance Lindsay Skinner died in New York City in 1939, a successful and prolific writer. In contrast to her reputation in the United States, she remains virtually unknown in the country of her birth.

9781442673274


Skinner, Constance Lindsay,-1877-1939.
Authors, Canadian-20th century-Biography.
Journalists-United States-Biography.
Canadians-United States-Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Editors-United States-Biography.
British Columbia-In literature.
British Columbia-Biography.


Electronic books.

PR9199.3.S539.B376 2002

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