Kenneth Roberts
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1993. First edition. First printing )stated0. Hardcover. xvi, 164, [4] p. Chronology. Notes and References. Selected Bibliography. Index. This is one of Twayne's United States Authors Series. A fine biography of one of American's best historical novelists, which examines much of his life through his published works. [From Wikipedia--Kenneth Lewis Roberts (December 8, 1885 July 21, 1957) was an American author of historical novels. Roberts worked first as a journalist, becoming nationally known for his work with the Saturday Evening Post from 1919 to 1928, and then as a popular novelist. Born in Kennebunk, Maine, Roberts specialized in Regionalist historical fiction. He often wrote about his native state and its terrain, also depicting other upper New England states and scenes. For example, the heroes of Arundel and Rabble in Arms are from Kennebunk (then called Arundel), while Langdon Towne, the chief character of Roberts's Northwest Passage, is depicted as being from Kittery, Maine with friends in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Late in his career, Roberts became acquainted with Henry Gross, a retired Maine game warden and amateur water dowser. He and Gross began a long association to use Gross' supposed dowsing abilities to find deposits of water, petroleum, uranium, and diamonds, through a corporation named Water Unlimited, Inc. Roberts documented his experiences in three nonfiction books that were popular successes but that received much criticism from the scientific community. Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Card for booksigning laid in.
Keywords: Benedict Arnold, John Kitch, Clara Classen, Immigration, George Lorimer, Allan Nevins, Robert Rogers, Herbert West, Ben Ames Williams, Cornell University, Arundel, Water Unlimited, Dowsing, Pulitzer Prize, Henry Gross
ISBN: 9780805776430
[Book #65097]
Price: $100.00