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Jessamyn West


Born
in Vernon, Indiana, The United States
July 18, 1902

Died
February 24, 1984

Genre


Mary Jessamyn West was an American Quaker (originally from Indiana) who wrote numerous stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945).

Average rating: 3.89 · 2,607 ratings · 435 reviews · 61 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Friendly Persuasion

3.92 avg rating — 973 ratings — published 1945 — 55 editions
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Except for Me and Thee

4.14 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 1969 — 31 editions
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Cress Delahanty

3.91 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1945 — 23 editions
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The Massacre at Fall Creek

3.77 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1975 — 20 editions
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The Quaker Reader

4.15 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions
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Leafy Rivers

3.62 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1967 — 14 editions
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The Life I Really Lived

3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1979 — 15 editions
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The Woman Said Yes: Encount...

4.17 avg rating — 59 ratings8 editions
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Collected Stories of Jessam...

4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
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The Witch Diggers

3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1951 — 15 editions
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“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”
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“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.”
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“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. ”
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