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Were You Ever A Child Inscribed By Author To His Friend Rosalind Mae Guggenheim / Mrs. Horatio Gates Winslow Aka Jane Burr And With Self-Engraved Bookplate
1919048211New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1919. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . X I 9-202 Pp. Maroon Cloth Stamped In Yellow. Inscribed By Floyd Dell To Rozzie Jane Burr And With Her Bookplate Showing Her Reading A Book; The Bookplate Has Her Initials Rg As The Artist Also. Rosalind Mae Guggenheim Better Known By Her Nom De Plume Jane Burr Was Born In Clebourne Texas In December 1882. Jane Studied At Washington University In St Louis For Two Years Before Taking Jobs With Two St. Louis Newspapers-The St. Louis Star And The St. Louis Republic. During This Period She Was Briefly Married To Jack Punch. After Her Divorce She Published Her First Book Letters From A Dakota Divorcee In 1909. It Was A Fictionalized Account Of A Woman Seeking A Divorce In The Turn Of The Century Divorce Capital Of America-Sioux Falls. By 1910 Jane Had Moved To New York Where She Met And Married Her Second Husband Horatio Gates Winslow Who Was The First Copy Editor Of The Masses. Jane A Truly Liberated Woman For The Times Rented An Office On Nassau Street In Manhattan And Supported Herself Writing Poetry And Articles On Marriage Women'S Rights Birth Control Modern Dress And The Changing Sexual Attitudes Of The Day. She And Her Husband Were Both Part Of The Greenwich Village Group Of Artists Writers And Radicals Who Contributed Written Material To The New Magazine Called The Masses. From 1914 Until 1917 Jane Pursued A Career In The Theatre Appearing On Stage In "The Salamander" "Keeping Up Appearances" And "Differences In Gods." In 1917 She Purchased The Post Road Inn Located On The Property Across The Street From The Holy Name Of Mary Church In Croton-On-Hudson. She Renamed The Inn The Drowsy Saint And Advertised For Boarders In The Pages Of The New York Times. While A Local Innkeeper She Hosted And Facilitated Floyd Dell'S Marriage To G. Marie Gage. In The Winter Of 1918. Jane Burr Traveled Across The World In 1922 Writing Articles For The United Press On The Condition Of Women In The Lands She Visited. While In London She Created A Sensation By Appearing In Public In Her Famous "Knickerbockers." In 1925 She And Horatio Winslow Were Divorced. She Was Living In Croton In A Home Called "Four Acres" And Continued Her Writing Career Publishing The Queen Is Dead Marble And Mud Fourteen Radio Plays And Other Works During This Period. Jane Moved To Woodstock New York In The Early 1940'S Where She Opened An Inn For Writers And Sold Antiques From Her Barn. See Laborarts. Floyd James Dell 1887 - 1969 Was An American Newspaper And Magazine Editor Literary Critic Novelist Playwright And Poet. Dell Has Been Called "One Of The Most Flamboyant Versatile And Influential American Men Of Letters Of The First Third Of The 20Th Century." In Chicago He Was Editor Of The Nationally Syndicated Friday Literary Review. As Editor And Critic Dell's Influence Is Seen In The Work Of Many Major American Writers From The First Half Of The 20Th Century. Relocating To New York City In 1913 Dell Became A Leader Of The Pre-War Bohemian Community In Greenwich Village And Managing Editor Of Max Eastman's Radical Magazine The Masses. Dell Wrote Extensively On Controversial Social Issues Of The Early 20Th Century And Played A Major Part In The Political And Social Movements Originating In New York City's Greenwich Village During The 1910S & 1920S. Following The Passing Of The Espionage Act Of 1917 The Government Officially Labeled The Magazine "Treasonable Material" In August Of That Year And Issued Charges Against Its Staff For "Unlawfully And Willfully. ObstructIng The Recruiting And Enlistment Of The United States" Military. The "Conspirators" Faced Fines Up To 10000 Dollars And Twenty Years Imprisonment. A Lifelong Poet He Was Also A Best-Selling Author As Well As A Playwright Whose Hit Broadway Comedy Little Accident 1928 Was Made Into A Hollywood Movie. See Wikipedia Etc. <br/> <br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
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