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Hamsun, Knut; Introduction By Edwin Bjorkman; Translated From The Norwegian By W. W. Worster; Ownership Signature Of Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe
Language: English
Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1921
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Association member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 90.00
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By Knut Hamsun, Winner Of The Nobel Prize For Literature, 1920. 202 Pages. Black Cloth. First American Printing. Light Wear, A Few Pin-Point Frays At Corners. Ownership Signature, Dated 1921, Of Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe (1892- 1992), Who Became A Pioneer In The Field Of Interracial Theater As An Outgrowth Of Her Career As A Social Worker And Co-Founder Of Karamu House In Cleveland. Born And Raised In New Albion, Ill., She Came To Ohio In 1910 To Enter Oberlin College, Where She Served As President Of The Oberlin Women's Suffrage League And Met Her Future Husband, Russell W. Jelliffe. After A Year Spent Jointly As Graduate Students At The University Of Chicago, Rowena And Russell Were Married And Came To Cleveland To Establish The East Side Settlement House That Eventually Became Karamu. To Help Draw Their Largely African American Constituency Into The Settlement's Program, Mrs. Jelliffe Began Producing Children's Plays With Interracial Casting. An Adult Dramatic Group, The Gilpin Players, Was Organized In The Couple's Living Room In 1920. A Permanent Theater Was Opened In 1927, After 2 Summers' Study By Mrs. Jelliffe At The School Of Theater And Dance In New York. Besides Directing 100 Plays At Karamu From 1920-46, She Sometimes Wrote Plays For The Children And Once Completed A Play By Langston Hughes When The Final Act Failed To Arrive In Time. Mrs. Jelliffe Was Also A Campaigner For Civil Rights, Helping To Integrate The Wade Park Manor Dining Room In 1926 And Marching With Martin Luther King, Jr., In The 1960S. Her Papers Are At Case Western University.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Pan
- Author
- Hamsun, Knut; Introduction By Edwin Bjorkman; Translated From The Norwegian By W. W. Worster; Ownership Signature Of Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf, New York
- Publication year
- 1921
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Black Cloth
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 7 5/8" Tall
- Seller catalogs
- Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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