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Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family , Catherine Drinker Bowen. Easton Press © 1944/1990, 475 pages, 6.5 x 9.5 x inches; 2 lbs., 10 oz. [42] CONDITION : The book is in very good overall condition; printed on archival quality, acid-neutral paper; bound in genuine leather; and accented with 22kt gold. The top right corner of the spine shows signs of wear (see photos0. The pages are gilt edged, unmarked, and clean cut. The books have been in a smoke free house for the past 5 years, but we do have cats. Please examine the photos carefully as they are a part of the description of the condition. CONTENTS : See photo of Contents , and the photos of the insert for more details. AUTHOR : According to Wikipedia, “Catherine Drinker Bowen (January 1, 1897 – November 1, 1973) was an American writer best known for her biographies… Bowen was born Catherine Drinker on the Haverford College campus in Haverford, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1897, to a prominent Quaker family. She was an accomplished violinist who studied for a musical career at the Peabody Institute and the Juilliard School of Music, but ultimately decided to become a writer. She had no formal writing education and no academic career, but became a bestselling American biographer and writer despite criticism from academics. Her earliest biographies were about musicians. Bowen did all her own research, without hiring research assistants, and sometimes took the controversial step of interviewing subjects without taking notes… During her lifetime, she was the recipient of numerous awards... In 1962, she became the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Lehigh University… At the time of Bowen's death in 1973, she was working on a biography of Benjamin Franklin…” ILLUSTRATIONS : See the list of Illustrations in the photos.
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