Listen, world! how the intrepid Elsie Robinson became America's most-read woman
"At 35, Elsie Robinson feared she'd lost it all. She was reeling from a hostile divorce to a wealthy man that played out in tabloids across the country and she faced an uncertain future as the single mother of a chronically-ill son. She had no clear means of financial support, no college education o...
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Seal Press, Hachette Book Group,
2022.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Listen, world! : |b how the intrepid Elsie Robinson became America's most-read woman / |c Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Seal Press, Hachette Book Group, |c 2022. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2022 | |
| 300 | |a ix, 338 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Bernicia -- Home -- Romance -- Northfield -- Marriage -- Awakening -- Art -- Hornitos -- Typewriter -- San Francisco -- Oakland -- Listen, world! -- St. Luke's -- Sonora -- Epilogue -- Remembering Elsie -- Photos, editorial cartoons, and more -- Poems. Pain ; I build happiness. | |
| 520 | |a "At 35, Elsie Robinson feared she'd lost it all. She was reeling from a hostile divorce to a wealthy man that played out in tabloids across the country and she faced an uncertain future as the single mother of a chronically-ill son. She had no clear means of financial support, no college education or training. She'd hit a wall. At a time when it was thought that a woman's highest calling was to become a wife and mother, Elsie hungered for a different kind of life. She dreamed of becoming a professional writer and sacrificed everything in pursuit of a career in letters, going so far as to work a California gold mine to pay the bills. Through it all, she wrote-everything from features to essays to fiction. When the mine shut down, she moved to San Francisco in 1918-at the tail end of a world war and an influenza pandemic. Borrowing money to buy a pen and paper, she created a mock-up for a children's column, then barged into the Oakland Tribune to thrust it into the hands of the managing editor. He hired her on the spot. From there, her popular children's column led to a nationally-syndicated column for adults that ran six days a week for more than 30 years and had 50 million readers. She became the highest-paid female columnist employed by William Randolph Hearst, who personally edited her copy and negotiated her contracts. Told with drama and cinematic detail by bestselling author Julia Scheeres and award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert, Listen, World! is the first biography of this indefatigable woman, capturing what it means to take a gamble on happiness, stumble a few times, and ultimately land on your feet"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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