THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER; My Life at Rose Red

Reardon, Joyce, Ed

ISBN 10: 0786868015 / ISBN 13: 9780786868018

Published by Hyperion, NY, 2001

About this Item

First edition, first printing. With an afterword by Steven Rimbauer (great-grandson) dated Sept 2000. 252pp, editor's note. Illustrated and decorated cover, black letters, appears unread. End papers contain blueprint of Rose Red. Many historic photos and some drawings. Ellen Rimbauer was a prominent socialite in the Seattle area at the turn of the 20th century. From the back cover: This book "is a rare document, one that gives us an unusual view of daily life among the aristocracy in the early 1900s, a window into one woman's hidden emotional torment, and a record of the mysterious events at Rose Red that scandalized society at the time.". Seller Inventory # 3239

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER; My Life at Rose...

Publisher: Hyperion, NY

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

At the turn of the twentieth century, Ellen Rimbauer became the young bride of Seattle industrialist John Rimbauer, and began keeping a remarkable diary. This diary became the secret place where Ellen could confess her fears of the new marriage, her confusion over her emerging sexuality, and the nightmare that her life would become. The diary not only follows the development of a girl into womanhood, it follows the construction of the Rimbauer mansioncalled Rose Redan enormous home that would be the site of so many horrific and inexplicable tragedies in the years ahead. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red is a rare document, one that gives us an unusual view of daily life among the aristocracy in the early 1900s, a window into one womans hidden emotional torment, and a record of the mysterious events at Rose Red that scandalized Seattle society at the timeevents that can only be fully understood now that the diary has come to light. Edited by Joyce Reardon, Ph.D. as part of her research, the diary is being published as preparations are being made by Dr. Reardon to enter Rose Red and fully investigate its disturbing history.

About the Author:

Dr. Joyce Reardon has been a professor at the university for 15 years, becoming the Paranormal Studies department chairman in 1999. She holds an undergraduate degree from Beaumont, graduate degrees from City College, and a doctorate in Paranormal Studies from Greenwich University. In 1998, she began researching the mysteries of Rose Red after discovering Ellen Rimbauer's diary.