Gwen Bristow
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born
September 16, 1903
died
August 17, 1980
gender
female
place of birth
Marion, SC, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
American author and journalist. She studied at Columbia University and afterwards wrote for a number of literary magazines and journals. Eventually she moved to New Orleans, and worked at the Times-Picayune. She became interested in longer forms of writing—novels and short stories—through her husband, screenwriter Bruce Manning, and published her first novel in 1929.
Bristow reached the pinnacle of her career with the western romance Jubilee Trail, which became a bestseller in 1950, and was adapted to a moderately successful film in 1954.
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Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow avg rating 4.08 — 242 ratings — published 1950 4 editions |
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Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow avg rating 4.19 — 199 ratings — published 1959 5 editions |
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Calico Palace by Gwen Bristow avg rating 4.18 — 125 ratings — published 1970 6 editions |
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Deep Summer (Plantation Trilogy, #1) by Gwen Bristow avg rating 3.87 — 67 ratings — published 1964 5 editions |
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The Handsome Road (Plantation Trilogy, #2) by Gwen Bristow avg rating 3.69 — 58 ratings — published 1974 4 editions |
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This Side of Glory (Plantation Trilogy, #3) by Gwen Bristow avg rating 3.77 — 56 ratings — published 1968 3 editions |
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Tomorrow Is Forever by Gwen Bristow avg rating 3.50 — 32 ratings — published 1943 4 editions |
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Gwen Bristow's Plantation Trilogy by Gwen Bristow avg rating 4.09 — 23 ratings — published 1962 3 editions |
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Golden Dreams by Gwen Bristow avg rating 2.67 — 6 ratings — published 1980 2 editions |
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Kalifornische Sinfonie. Roman. by Gwen Bristow avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 1993 2 editions |
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