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 Esther Forbes Information
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 Esther Forbes (June 28 1891 - August 12, 1968) was an American novelist and children's writer who received both a Pulitzer Prize and a Newbery Medal. Forbes was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, the fifth of six children born to Harriette Merrifield...
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 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Forbes, Esther E.
04/10/1999: 106 words, approx. 1 pages (Nee Abshagen) Of Milwaukee. Born Into Jesus's Arms, Thursday April 8, 1999 at the age of 94 years. Preceded in death by her husband Jack and her son Donald. Dearest mother of Wesley (Grace); mother-in-law of Bette Forbes. Also survived by 6 grandchildren, 14... summary from source:
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Esther
01/01/2004: 619 words, approx. 2 pages CAROL M. BECHTEL, Esther (IBC; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002). Pp. x+ 101. $18.95. True to the intention of the series, Carol Bechtel's volume on Esther is anchored in historical-critical scholarship and yet emphasizes theology and the application of that learning to problems...
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 Critical Essay by Carl Van Doren
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Not every historical novelist can write a good biography, but the right kind of historical novelist has some of the qualities most needed in a good biographer. Esther Forbes is that kind of novelist, and her biography of Paul Revere ["Paul Revere and the World He Lived In"] takes at once a high and lasting place in American literature. Miss Forbes credits her mother, Harriette M. Forbes, with doing "most of the work on the original papers, court records, deeds, etc., newspapers, manuscr... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Alexander Laing
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The historical novel, latterly, has come to depend more and more upon the old picaresque formula which had, in its origins, nothing in particular to do with history. As if plotted upon a sine wave, the story must soar to a lush bit of four-poster ecstasy every fifteen pages, and plummet in the interstices into violence and cruelty. It is therefore something of a relief to come upon a tale [such as The Running of the Tide] which does not rely upon such gaudy devices at all. Miss Forbes approaches her task an... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Anne Parrish
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["O Genteel Lady!"] is the strange story of Lanice Bardeen, beautiful bluestocking of the Boston of Holmes, Emerson and the Alcotts. No one else in the book matters much, although there are many characters. But Lanice lives, and her life is shown us with honesty and rather bitter laughter. Esther Forbes is able to keep her characters in costume without letting the costumes smother the characters. The book is brilliant with color. You really see picture after picture—the ladies of fashio...
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