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Rosemary Taylor (1) (1898–1981)

Autore di Chicken Every Sunday: My Life With Mother's Boarders

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Fonte dell'immagine: Rosemary Drachman Taylor. The photo was taken for publication of her first novel.

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Nome legale
Winchcombe-Taylor, Rosemary Drachman
Altri nomi
Drachman, Rosemary
Drake, Rosemary
Drachman Taylor, Rosemary
Data di nascita
1898-05-08
Data di morte
1981-11-07
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Luogo di residenza
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Istruzione
Stanford University
University of Arizona
Attività lavorative
war correspondent
autobiographer
novelist
Relazioni
Taylor, Winchcombe (husband)
Breve biografia
Rosemary Drachman Taylor was born in Phoenix, Arizona into a pioneer family: her parents Mose and Ethel Drachman were third generation Arizonans. The family moved  to Tucson in 1904. She attended the University of Arizona and then Stanford University before traveling in Europe from 1923 to 1924. While there, she met Floyd Gibbons, an American war correspondent. She followed Gibbons to Morocco in 1925 and they spent the year covering the Riff War between colonial Spain and the mountainous Berber tribes. Rosemary wrote reports that were published in the Tucson Citizen and Chicago Tribune.  She returned to Tucson in the 1930s and married John Winchcombe-Taylor, also a writer, in 1934. During World War II, Rosemary alternated living in Tucson and Canada, where her husband had joined the military. At the war's end, the couple returned to Tucson and continued their literary careers. Rosemary published eight novels as well as short stories and articles in leading magazines such as Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening Post, and Colliers, many of them based on her childhood and family. She won national recognition in 1943 for her humorous bestselling autobiography Chicken Every Sunday: My Life with Mother’s Boarders, which was later was adapted for both stage and film.

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Humorous, but does not match "Cheaper by the Dozen" by a good margin.
My 2017 self is surprised at the behaviors of this early 20th century family. Race, gender, and class, while still current issues, are approached differently. The sterilization of a woman without her consent is shocking.
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bogreader | 3 altre recensioni | Jul 27, 2017 |
Discovered this book when I was reading the great book "When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped us Win World War II" by Molly Guptill Manning. The Armed Services Edition of Taylor's first book "Chicken Every Sunday" was hugely popular wherever it appeared in a soldier or sailor's hands, as evidenced by the many, many letters written by them to the author. "On behalf of the lot of us, let me thank you for many hours of swell fun." Another wrote "We all hope their will be more books by Rosemary Taylor." And "Ridin' the Rainbow," her second book, was then printed and distributed by the Victory Book Campaign.… (altro)
 
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closefriend | 1 altra recensione | Jan 25, 2017 |
A fictionalized account of the author's father and his role in developing Tucson, Arizona. It takes us from the days when Arizona was a Territory through its birth as a state.

This is a terrific way to learn about history, particularly Arizona history; and the dynamics of early Territories and how they became states. Also how many early speculators worked, thrived and/or failed. The story is of the author's father, told through reminiscences. I loved reading about his passion for Tucson development and Arizona statehood. Like "Little House on the Prairie", it is fictionalized fact. It is humorous, light and quick to read.… (altro)
 
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MrsLee | 1 altra recensione | Jul 23, 2016 |
This is a treasure that everyone can read and laugh along with!!
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kat32969 | 3 altre recensioni | Apr 20, 2015 |

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Voto
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Recensioni
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ISBN
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