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Jessamyn West (writer)

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Mary Jessamyn West (July 18, 1902 – February 23, 1984) was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). [1]

34 relations: Academy Awards, California, California Legacy Project, Francis A. Nixon, Friendly Persuasion (1956 film), Friendly Persuasion (1975 film), Fullerton Union High School, Gary Cooper, Hobbit, Indiana, Johan Hagemeyer, Napa County, California, Napa Valley AVA, North Vernon, Indiana, Novel, Orville Prescott, Philip Roth, Quakers, Richard Adams, Richard Kiley, Richard Nixon, Social Gospel, Socialism, Stroke, The Breast, The Friendly Persuasion, The New York Times, Tuberculosis, Vernon, Indiana, Watership Down, West Home, Whittier College, William Wyler, Yorba Linda, California.

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California Legacy Project

The California Legacy Project (CLP) began in 2000 as a project at Santa Clara University (SCU) in Santa Clara, CA and later partnered with Heyday Books in Berkeley, CA.

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Francis A. Nixon

Francis Anthony Nixon (December 3, 1878 – September 4, 1956) was an American businessman and the father of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

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Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)

Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 Civil War film starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton and Phyllis Love.

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Friendly Persuasion (1975 film)

Friendly Persuasion is a made-for-TV movie.

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Fullerton Union High School

Fullerton Union High School is a public high school located in the Orange County, California city of Fullerton, United States operated by the Fullerton Joint Union High School District.

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Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances.

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Hobbit

Hobbits are a fictional, diminutive, humanoid race who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fiction.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Johan Hagemeyer

Johan Hagemeyer (1 June 1884, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1962, Berkeley, California USA) was a Dutch-born horticulturalist and vegetarian who is remembered primarily for being an early 20th century photographer and artistic intellectual.

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Napa County, California

Napa County is a county located north of San Pablo Bay in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Napa Valley AVA

Napa Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Napa County, California, United States.

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North Vernon, Indiana

North Vernon is a city in Jennings County, Indiana, United States.

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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Orville Prescott

Orville Prescott (Sept. 8, 1906, Cleveland, OH – April 28, 1996, New Canaan, CT) was the main book reviewer for the New York Times for 24 years.

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Philip Roth

Philip Milton Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist and short-story writer.

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Quakers

Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church.

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Richard Adams

Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books Watership Down, Shardik and The Plague Dogs.

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Richard Kiley

Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.

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Social Gospel

The Social Gospel was a movement in North American Protestantism which applied Christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social justice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, slums, unclean environment, child labor, inadequate labor unions, poor schools, and the danger of war.

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Socialism

Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.

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Stroke

A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.

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The Breast

The Breast (1972) is a novella by Philip Roth, in which the protagonist, David Kepesh, becomes a 155-pound breast.

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The Friendly Persuasion

The Friendly Persuasion is an American novel published in 1945 by Jessamyn West.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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Vernon, Indiana

Vernon is a town in Vernon Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States.

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Watership Down

Watership Down is a survival and adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972.

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West Home

West Home is a historic building in Yorba Linda, California.

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Whittier College

Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California, United States.

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William Wyler

William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

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Yorba Linda, California

Yorba Linda ("Beautiful Yorba", in English) is a suburban city in Orange County, California, approximately southeast of Downtown Los Angeles.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessamyn_West_(writer)

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