Barrett Willoughby
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| Born | May 18, 1901 District of Alaska, United States |
| Died | July 29, 1959 (aged 58) Berkeley, California |
| Pen name | Barrett Willoughby |
| Occupation | Writer (novelist) |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | fiction |
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.
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. [2]
Bibliography
- Where the Sun Swings North (1922)
- The Devil Drum (1925)[3][4]
- 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
- Rocking Moon (*a movie was made in 1926 Rocking Moon)
- Spawn of the North
References
- ^ Library of Congress Card Catalogue
- ^ Year: 1910; Census Place: Cordova, Division 3, Alaska Territory; Roll: T624_1750; Page: 2b; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 1375763
- ^ 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.
- ^ Willoughby, Barrett (1925). "The Devil-Drum". The Century Magazine. pp. 393–408.
Sources
- Ferrell, Nancy Warren (1994). Barrett Willoughby: Alaska's Forgotten Lady. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press.
External links
- Works by Barrett Willoughby at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Barrett Willoughby at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Barrett Willoughby at the Internet Archive
- Barrett Willoughby at Library of Congress, with 16 library catalog records
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