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'''Barrett Willoughby''' (died 1959),<ref>Library of Congress Card Catalogue</ref> aka '''Florance Barrett''', was a best-selling [[novelist]] who wrote works of [[Romance (novel)|romantic fiction]] and nonfiction from the 1920s through the 1940s. Her writing was mainly mostly set in [[Alaska]], where she spent many years. Some of her works were made into movies.
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'''Barrett Willoughby''' (May 18, 1901 – July 29, 1959),<ref>Library of Congress Card Catalogue</ref> {{aka}} '''Florance Barrett''', was a best-selling [[novelist]] who wrote works of [[Romance novel|romantic fiction]] and nonfiction from the 1920s through the 1940s. Her writing was mainly mostly set in [[Alaska]], where she spent many years. Some of her works were made into movies.

Her date of birth is disputed but in the 1910 and 1920 censuses she records her date of birth as May 1886 Wisconsin.<ref> Year: 1920; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 32, San Francisco, California; Roll: T625_138; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 199</ref>

Her social security application recorded May 28th of 1891.<ref> Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.</ref>

Florence Barrett was married three times: Oliver L. Willoughby, Robert H. Prosser and Larry O’Connor.

She married Oliver L. Willoughby in 1907 and is listed on the 1910 census living in Cordova, Alaska. <ref> Year: 1910; Census Place: Cordova, Division 3, Alaska Territory; Roll: T624_1750; Page: 2b; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 1375763</ref>

She married Robert Henry Prosser 19 Oct 1927 in Coconino County AZ. <ref> Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865-1972</ref> He contracted meningitis while visiting family in Pennsylvania and died in June 1928.<ref> The San Francisco Examiner, June 12, 1928, Page 5.</ref> <ref> The Peninsula Times Tribune, July 25, 1928, Page 3.</ref>

She married Larry O’Connor July 17, 1935 in Reno NV and filed for divorce July 20, 1942. <ref> The Peninsula Times Tribune, July 20, 1942, Page 6.</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* ''Where the Sun Swings North'' (1922)
* ''Where the Sun Swings North'' (1922)
* ''The Devil Drum'' (1925)<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Brien|first=Edward J.|title=The Best Short Stories of 1925 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|place=Boston|publisher=Small, Maynard & co.|year=1926|page=287}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Devil-Drum|last=Willoughby|first=Barrett|magazine=The Century Magazine|pages=393–408|year=1925}}</ref>
* ''Rocking Moon'' (1925)
* ''Rocking Moon'' (1925)
* ''Gentlemen Unafraid'' (1926)
* ''Gentlemen Unafraid'' (1926)
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==Filmography==
==Filmography==
* ''Rocking Moon''
* ''Rocking Moon'' (*a movie was made in 1926 ''[[Rocking Moon]]'')
* ''Spawn of the North''
* ''Spawn of the North''

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
* {{cite book|title=Barrett Willoughby: Alaska's Forgotten Lady | year=1994 | last=Ferrell | first=Nancy Warren | publisher=[[University of Alaska Press]] | location=Fairbanks}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |title=Barrett Willoughby: Alaska's Forgotten Lady | year=1994 | last=Ferrell | first=Nancy Warren | publisher=[[University of Alaska Press]] | location=Fairbanks}}

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==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author | id=8859| name=Barrett Willoughby}}
* {{FadedPage|id=Willoughby, Barrett (Florance Billie)|name=Barrett Willoughby|author=yes}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Barrett Willoughby |sopt=t}}
* {{LCAuth|n94074965|Barrett Willoughby|16|}}

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Florance Barrett Willoughby
Born(1901-05-18)May 18, 1901
District of Alaska, United States
DiedJuly 29, 1959(1959-07-29) (aged 58)
Berkeley, California
Pen nameBarrett Willoughby
OccupationWriter (novelist)
Period20th century
Genrefiction

Barrett Willoughby (May 18, 1901 – July 29, 1959),[1] a.k.a. Florance Barrett, was a best-selling novelist who wrote works of romantic fiction and nonfiction from the 1920s through the 1940s. Her writing was mainly mostly set in Alaska, where she spent many years. Some of her works were made into movies.

Her date of birth is disputed but in the 1910 and 1920 censuses she records her date of birth as May 1886 Wisconsin.[2]

Her social security application recorded May 28th of 1891.[3]

Florence Barrett was married three times: Oliver L. Willoughby, Robert H. Prosser and Larry O’Connor.

She married Oliver L. Willoughby in 1907 and is listed on the 1910 census living in Cordova, Alaska. [4]

She married Robert Henry Prosser 19 Oct 1927 in Coconino County AZ. [5] He contracted meningitis while visiting family in Pennsylvania and died in June 1928.[6] [7]

She married Larry O’Connor July 17, 1935 in Reno NV and filed for divorce July 20, 1942. [8]

Bibliography

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  • Where the Sun Swings North (1922)
  • The Devil Drum (1925)[9][10]
  • Rocking Moon (1925)
  • Gentlemen Unafraid (1926)
  • The Trail Eater (1929)
  • Sitka, Portal to Romance (1930)
  • Spawn of the North (1932)
  • Alaskans All (1933)
  • River House (1936)
  • Alaska Holiday (1940)
  • The Golden Totem, a novel of modern Alaska (1945)

Filmography

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  • Rocking Moon (*a movie was made in 1926 Rocking Moon)
  • Spawn of the North

References

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  1. ^ Library of Congress Card Catalogue
  2. ^ Year: 1920; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 32, San Francisco, California; Roll: T625_138; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 199
  3. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  4. ^ Year: 1910; Census Place: Cordova, Division 3, Alaska Territory; Roll: T624_1750; Page: 2b; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 1375763
  5. ^ Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865-1972
  6. ^ The San Francisco Examiner, June 12, 1928, Page 5.
  7. ^ The Peninsula Times Tribune, July 25, 1928, Page 3.
  8. ^ The Peninsula Times Tribune, July 20, 1942, Page 6.
  9. ^ O'Brien, Edward J. (1926). The Best Short Stories of 1925 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story. Boston: Small, Maynard & co. p. 287.
  10. ^ Willoughby, Barrett (1925). "The Devil-Drum". The Century Magazine. pp. 393–408.

Sources

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