Jessamyn West





Jessamyn West

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born
July 18, 1902 in Vernon, Indiana, The United States

died
February 24, 1984

gender
female

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About this author

Mary Jessamyn West was an American Quaker (originally from Indiana) who wrote numerous stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945).


Average rating: 3.91 · 722 ratings · 118 reviews · 23 distinct works
The Friendly Persuasion
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 289 ratings10 editions
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Cress Delahanty
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 90 ratings4 editions
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Except for Me and Thee
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions
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Massacre at Fall Creek
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions
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Quaker Reader
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1962 — 3 editions
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Woman Said Yes: Encounters ...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings4 editions
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The Life I Really Lived
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions
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Leafy Rivers
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions
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Collected Stories of Jessam...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions
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The State Of Stony Lonesome
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings2 editions
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More books by Jessamyn West…
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”
Jessamyn West

“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. ”
Jessamyn West

“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.”
Jessamyn West

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