The mystery novels of Pittsburgh-born Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) made her one of the first literary celebrities of the 20th century. Award-winning author Charlotte MacLeod examines the life of America's first bestselling suspense novelist, playwright, highly regarded war correspondent, and explorer.
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The mystery novels of Pittsburgh-born Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) made her one of the first literary celebrities of the 20th century. Award-winning author Charlotte MacLeod examines the life of America's first bestselling suspense novelist, playwright, highly regarded war correspondent, and explorer.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. For a half-century, she was the best known, best loved, and best-paid writer in America. Her novels were bestsellers, she paid visits to royalty and dined with presidents. She was a battlefiedl reporter during World War I, a spokesman for Native Americans, and in 1947 she laid the issue of breast cancer openly before the American public, writing candidly about her own experience. Hardcover, xii, 335 pp., vintage photos, unclipped illustrated jacket. Light shelf wear, faint remains of a price label on front free endpaper otherwise unmarked, tight binding, nice jacket.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Signed by author on title page. Very light overall shelf wear. There is a tiny brown spot along bottom edge. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 8vo, 335pp.
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Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Closed tear at back flap. 335 pages. The life of America's first best-selling suspense novelist and playwright is presented in full detail, from Rinehart's role as a World War I trench reporter to her fascination with native American culture. National ad/promo.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 1st edition, April 1994, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. AGATHA AWARD NOMINEE for Best Biographical / Critical work. For half a century, she was the best-known, best-loved, and best paid writer America [NOT just mystery writer, but writer] had ever known. Her novels were bestsellers, her plays had successful runs on Brodway as Rinehart became one of the most charismatic and most celebrated women of the century.
