The immortal wife of irving stone s biographical novel is jessie benton fremont. Irving stone books list of books by author irving stone. Immortal wife by stone irving abebooks passion for books. Lot of 4 vtg irving stone books, immortal wife, presidents lady, passionate journey. In 1923, stone received his bachelors degree from the university of california, berkeley. Lust for life and immortal wife 1419164368 by stone, irving. Immortal wife by irving stone goodreads share book.
An amazing couple, their life stories were stranger than fiction. See all books authored by irving stone, including the agony and the ecstasy. Debs presidents lady 1951, novel, of the wife of andrew jackson love is eternal 1954, novel, of. This is the thrid book by stone i have read, the others being they also ran read 15 aug 1945 and his book on clarence darrow read 17 jul 1952. Irving stones most popular book is the agony and the ecstasy. Irving amen, immortal patch, john irving books, earthbound immortal, sega the immortal video games, firefighter wife, immortal lp vinyl records, the secrets of the immortal nicholas flamel, books washington irving, international edition nonfiction books. He was an americanborn writer, known well for his classical biographical novels featuring eminent artists, statesmen and intellectuals. Irving stone, american writer of popular historical biographies. This later marriage lasted until stones death in 1989. Berkeley in 1923 and a masters degree in 1924 from the university of southern california. This is the biography of jessie benton fremont, daughter of thomas hart benton, first senator from missouri, and wife of the early explorer of the west, john c. This is a first edition printed exclusively for the peoples book club. Immortal wife mass market paperback march 31, 1969.
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The first of irving stone s biographical novels, long before the agony and the ecstasy, actually contains much more historical information than many recent bios of jessie and john fremont. Stone, irving immortal wife book club edition ebay. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Stone has chosen out of the groove characters for his fictionized biographies.
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Stone chose to place the focus of his story on the woman in fremonts life, and the immortal wife 1944 became one of. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Immortal wife by irving stone, 1st edition 1944, vintage. Irving stone 19031989 was an american author of biographical novels and nonfiction books. Immortal wife is yet another of this worthy writers good works, and after three decades or so of having read it i dont remember the story only that i have read it and liked it as all other works of this writer. The book ends with fremonts death in 1890, and though jessie lived till 1902 the book tells nothing about her life after fremonts death. Lust for life and immortal wife by stone, irving and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Clarence darrow for the defense by irving stone 1941 first edition hb vg. Alfred whital stern collection of lincolniana library of congress a biography of the ambitious wife. Although she was one of the most famous american women of the 1800s, her name is known only to devout students of american history. Stone first came to prominence with the publication of lust for life 1934, a vivid fictionalized biography of the painter vincent van gogh. Immortal wife the biographical novel of jessie benton fremont by irving stone read 25 jul 2015 while this is labelled fiction it is mostly accurate as to the history involved, with lots of dialogue invented. The biographical novel of jessie benton fremont, stone, irving on. In the 1960s, stone received an honorary doctorate of letters from the university of southern california, where he had previously earned a masters degree from the college of letters, arts, and sciences. No results for presidents lady 4 similar to presidents lady 4 on ebay. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. According to the times, lust for life the title suggested by his first wife was rejected by seventeen publishers over three years before being published in 1934.
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Aug 28, 1989 irving stone, a prolific author whose exhaustively researched and often immense biographical novels included lust for life, based on the story of van gogh, died of heart failure on saturday. Immortal wife book by irving stone 7 available editions. Immortal wife, the biographical novel of jessie benton. The origin, a biographical novel of charles darwin. Immortal wife has 7 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. In addition to lust for life, stones many popular works include clarence darrow for the defense 1941. Irving stone has 72 books on goodreads with 240456 ratings. Books by irving stone author of the agony and the ecstasy. The agony and the ecstasy by irving stone abebooks. Irving stone project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
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