" Readers everywhere fell for Elizabeth Corey, the irrepressible, independent, and fearless Bachelor Bess, whose letters home to Iowa gave us a firsthand account of her adventures on a South Dakota homestead from 1909 to 1919. Now, through the letters she wrote home between 1904 and 1908, readers can make the acquaintance of a younger Bess facing the realities of life in an Iowa country school system with energy, enthusiasm, and ambiti ..."
"In July 1909 twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth Corey left her Iowa farm to stake her claim to a South Dakota homestead. Over the next ten years, as she continued her schoolteaching career and carved out a home for herself in this inhospitable territory, she sent a steady stream of letters to her family back in Iowa. From the edge of modern America, Bess wrote long, gossipy accounts—"our own continuing adventure story," according to he ..."
Willa Cather(1st Edition) (Twayne's United States Authors Series ; 258) by PhilipL. Gerber Hardcover, 188 Pages, Published 1976 by Twayne Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-7155-8, ISBN: 0-8057-7155-7
"Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced hig ..."
Willa Cather by PhilipL. Gerber Paperback, 187 Pages, Published 1975 by Macmillan Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-672-61508-5, ISBN: 0-672-61508-8
"Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced hig ..."
Robert Frost(Updated) (U.S.Authors) by PhilipL. Gerber Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1984 by Twayne Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-7426-9, ISBN: 0-8057-7426-2
"It was followed by Robert Frost: A Bibliography, 1913- 1974, 60 compiled by
Frank Lentricchia and Melissa Christensen Lentricchia. ..."
Bachelor Bess(1st Edition) The Homesteading Letters of Elizabeth Corey, 1909-1919 (American Land and Life Series) by PhilipL. Gerber, Elizabeth Corey Hardcover, 462 Pages, Published 1990 by Univ Of Iowa Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-87745-302-4, ISBN: 0-87745-302-0
"In July 1909 twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth Corey left her Iowa farm to stake her claim to a South Dakota homestead. Over the next ten years, as she continued her schoolteaching career and carved out a home for herself in this inhospitable territory, she sent a steady stream of letters to her family back in Iowa. From the edge of modern America, Bess wrote long, gossipy accounts—"our own continuing adventure story," according to he ..."
Robert Frost, Rev.Ed.(1st Edition) (United States Authors Series) by PhilipL. Gerber, PhillipGerber Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1982 by Twayne Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-7348-4, ISBN: 0-8057-7348-7
"Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volumeaddresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university profes ..."
Critical Essays on Robert Frost (Critical Essays on American Literature) by PhilipL. Gerber Hardcover, 247 Pages, Published 1982 by G K Hall Large Print ISBN-13: 978-0-8161-8442-2, ISBN: 0-8161-8442-9
"Book by"
Theodore Dreiser,(1st Edition) (Twayne's United States authors series, 52) by PhilipL. Gerber Hardcover, 220 Pages, Published 1964 by Twayne Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-0212-5, ISBN: 0-8057-0212-1
"A biography and analysis of this author's controversial novels emphasizing his belief in free expression and his tragic vision of man's affairs"
Willa Cather, Rev. Ed.(1st Edition) (United States Authors Series) by PhilipL. Gerber Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1995 by Twayne Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-4035-6, ISBN: 0-8057-4035-X
"Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volumeaddresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university profes ..."
"The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation’s Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on thirty-five pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary jour ..."
Title(Updated) Effective English handbook (Effective English seri by PhilipL. Gerber, Howard K. Battles, Norman L. Haider 61 Pages, Published 1982 by Silver Burdett ISBN-13: 978-0-382-03504-3, ISBN: 0-382-03504-6
"Robert. Frost. Philip Gerber Matthew Parfitt Boston University College of General
Studies Matthew Parfitt is an associate professor in the Rhetoric Division at
Boston University's College of General Studies. He earned his PhD in English,
with a ..."