{"product_id":"the-collected-short-works-1907-1919-paperback","title":"The Collected Short Works, 1907-1919 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBess Streeter Aldrich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarol Miles Petersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarol Miles Petersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first half of the twentieth century Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of America's best loved, most widely read, and highly paid writers. Her short works appeared in such major journals as \u003ci\u003eLadies Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Maga\u003c\/i\u003ezine, \u003ci\u003eColliers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcCalls\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most famous novel, \u003ci\u003eA Lantern in Her Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, has remained a favorite since first published in 1928. Her portrayals of pioneers, farm people, small-town residents, their activities, and their relationship with their surroundings won the admiration of the nation. Honest romance, marital concord, and parental love were her constant themes. She was much more concerned with what kept people together than with what drove them apart. Widowed in 1925 with four children who relied on her for support, Aldrich knew all too well the tensions between motherhood and working for pay. \u003ci\u003eCollected Short Works\u003c\/i\u003e contains twenty-six works written for publication between 1907 and 1919. Aldrich's admirers now have ready access to works that long ago were relegated to archives and library stacks. Scholars will appreciate how much of herself Aldrich invested in her fiction and how well she appreciated the changes occurring around her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol Miles Petersen is the author of a forthcoming biography of Aldrich, to be published by the University of Nebraska Press. She formerly taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50394340294893,"sku":"9780803224827","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/9_4eSytpJy9780803224827.webp?v=1785840492","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-collected-short-works-1907-1919-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}