Collected works
By: Jane Apostol ; [editor, Tom M. Apostol]
Contributors: Apostol, Tom M.
Publisher: TMA Graphics
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pasadena, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780692016527
Subjects: Biography; History; Bibliography
Other titles: Jane Apostol, collected works
Description: "This volume reproduces thirty-three research articles on western history dealing with fascinating personalities whose accomplishments are engagingly brought to life by celebrated author Jane Apostol. [...] The volume also lists titles and publication dates of her fifteen books., five of which were designed by Ward Ritchie, her longtime friend and colleague. It includes further examples of Jane's writing -- a selection of limericks, poetry, and essays -- and concludes with a memorial tribute to Ward Ritchie."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 504-505) and index.
Table of contents: title: Reproductions of articles by Jane Apostol:The painters & sculptors ; Saving Grace ; A centenary of horticultural societies ; Jeanne Carr : one woman and sunshine ; Francis of the flowers : an appreciation of Charles Francis Saunders ; Horatio Nelson Rust : abolitionist, archaeologist, Indian agent ; They said it with flowers : the Los Angeles Flower Festival Society ; "The fickel godess evades me" : the gold rush letters of a Kentucky gentleman ; Sailing with the ruler of the Arctic Sea ; Margaret Collier Graham : first lady of the foothills ; Rendezvous in Stockton : three Yankees go west ; Viroque Baker : photographer ; A Grass Valley courtship ; Lute Pease of the Pacific Monthly ; Sylvester Allen Ballou : argonaut in the statehouse ; Gold rush widow ; Charles W. Watts : an Oregonian in the Klondike ; Why women should not have the vote : anti-suffrage views in the Southland in 1911 ; An army bride goes west ; Birth of a historical society ; Argonauts with a New York accent : Ithaca to Agua Fria in 1849 ; Marengo's class of 1920 ; Mary Emily Foy : "Miss Los Angeles herself" ; Augustin W. Hale : hard-luck argonaut ; Don Mateo Keller : his vines and his wines ; A biblio-filing bibliophile ; Kudos for Miss Crabtree ; Biographical notes for The children's garden book by Olive Percival ; Los Angeles Saturday night and Sam T. Clover : author, editor, and bibliophile ; District attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine : Stormy Petrel of politics ; Louise Ward Watkins : bibliophile, patriot, and politician ; From salon to soap-box : Kate Crane Gartz, parlor provocateur ; Harriet Russell Strong : horticulturist, conservationist, and feminist; title: List of books and pamphlets by Jane Apostol; title: Limericks; title: Poetry; title: Essays; title: Memorial tribute to Ward Ritchie; title: Photos; title: Index of names.