“gertrude franklin horn atherton”

Includes an introduction by William Marion Reedy.... More

Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857-1948) was an American writer. She was born in San Francisco and lived in California all her life. She eloped with George H.B. Atherton when she was only 19 and had two children. Her husband discouraged her writing; and the serial publication of her first novel, ... More

A facsimile reprint of Atherton's 1912 novel.... More

1921. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some ... More

1902. Atherton, was an American feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition. Her biog... More

1910. Atherton, was an American feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. She also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition. The Tower of ... More

1902. Atherton, was an American feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition. Her biog... More