2 Books LAUGHTER ON THE HILL M. Parton 1945 SIGNED +1 San Francisco History

Description: HERE ARE 2 BOOKS ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO:#1 LAUGHTER ON THE HILL A San Francisco Interlude By Margaret PartonWhittlesey House, Mc Graw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, NY, 1945, First Print, SIGNEDHardcover, good condition, lacking dust jacketLaughter on the Hill, subtitled "A San Francisco Interlude", is an account of a year on Telegraph Hill, where Margaret settled herself in a bungalow, where she made many immediate friendships (that's San Francisco for you), and where she pursued with exuberance la is vie bohemienne. Lotus-eating for as long as possible, she played around with cavalier Pete in bars, and beaches, was moved in on by Lucle, also an artist but with many proteges. Finally, forced to work, Margaret got a job as secretary to an ex-multi-millionaire of many marriages, a satyr of fifty odd. An opening came on a newspaper, which with her journalist father's example been her goal - and then came recall home with her father's death. Scott Fitzgerald atmosphere, transferred to San Francisco and the wild young things as chief protagonists. Effervescent. Advertising program will have special emphasis on Coast newspapers.Illustrated with charming black & white drawings.Margaret Parton (1915 – 1981) was an American author, critic, and journalist. Her parents were journalists, prominent in their day: Lemuel F. Parton, and Mary Field Parton. Her career was long and eventful, including a great deal of crime and foreign reporting, and contact with many influential personalities in literary, political and legal affairs. From the mid 1940s, she was a beat writer for the New York Herald Tribune in Asia, working first in India and later in Japan.Her three autobiographical works were Laughter on the Hill, 1945, which dealt with her Bohemian experiences in San Francisco; The Leaf and the Flame describing her experience as a journalist in India at the time of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi; and her final autobiography: Journey Through A Lighted Room 1973.SIGNED on ffep:Margaret Parton#2 FORTUNE, SMILE ONCE MORE!By Mary Floyd WilliamsThe Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, New York, NY, 1946, First PrintingHardcover, good condition, lacking dust jacketCONTENTS: Book I - Van Diemen's Land Book II - The Land of Gold Mary Floyd Williams (March 31, 1866 – March 31, 1959) was an American librarian and California historian. Williams earned a bachelor of library science (BLS) degree at the New York State Library in 1900. She worked with Henry Morris Stephens and completed doctoral studies in history at the University of California in 1918, the first woman to complete a doctorate in history there. She was 52 years old when she received her degree. Williams moved back to California to work as a librarian at the Mechanics' Institute Library of San Francisco in 1900. In 1902 she directed the University of California's first Summer School of Library Science. In 1915 she served as secretary of the reception committee for the Panama–Pacific Historical Congress.USPS Media Rate postage will be calculated @ 2 pounds weightGRADUATE OF BOOK SEMINARS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM HOW IT WORKS WITH US:In other words; the fine print!For those buyers who reside outside the U.S.,We are now enrolled in eBay's Global Shipping ProgramWe like to have our auctions completed in a timely manner.If we have not HEARD FROM the high bidder by the FOURTH day after the close of the auction, we will file an UNPAID ITEM DISPUTE with Ebay.PLEASE: Bid Only If You Intend To Complete The Transaction.THANKS for your understanding in these matters.We are proud to let you know that we try to be ecologically responsible, nearly all of our packing materials are recycled or reused. THANKS FOR BIDDING WITH US!

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