Elswyth Thane

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Helen Ricker was born in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of a local teacher and high school principal. She moved with her family to New York City in 1918 and changed her name to "Elswyth Thane". She began working as a freelance writer in the 1920s, and became a newspaper writer and a Hollywood screenwriter. Her first novel, Riders of the Wind, was published in 1926. In 1927, she married 50-year-old naturalist and explorer William Beebe. Her most famous work was her "Williamsburg" series of historical romance fiction, which followed several generations of two families during the American Revolutionary War. She began the series with Dawn's Early Light in 1934, and the last book in the series was Homing, published in 1957. After the death of her husband Beebe in 1962, she continued to live on the couple's farm in Wilmington, Vermont.

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The Family Quarrel a Journey Through the Years of the Revolution
Representative edition published 2018
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Dawn's Early Light
Representative edition published 2017
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Yankee Stranger
Representative edition published 2017
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Dawn's Early Light (Williamsburg)
Representative edition published 1996
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Ever After (Williamsburg)
Representative edition published 1996
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Kissing Kin (Williamsburg)
Representative edition published 1996
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This Was Tomorrow (Williamsburg)
Representative edition published 1994
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Homing (Williamsburg Series #7)
Representative edition published 1994
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The Light Heart (Williamsburg Series #4)
Representative edition published 1994
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Dawn's Early Light (The Williamsburg Novels)
Representative edition published 1983
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Kissing kin
Representative edition published 1981
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This was tomorrow
Representative edition published 1981
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Yankee stranger
Representative edition published 1981
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Ever after
Representative edition published 1981
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Cloth of gold
Representative edition published 1979
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Dawn's Early Light
Representative edition published 1978
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Mount Vernon, the Legacy
Representative edition published 1977
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From This Day Forward
Representative edition published 1976
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The strength of the hills
Representative edition published 1976
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Queen's Folly
Representative edition published 1974
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Melody
Representative edition published 1974
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Queen's folly
Representative edition published 1973
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Homing
Representative edition published 1973
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Ever after
Representative edition published 1972
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