Jessie Graham Flower

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Jessie Graham Flower is a pseudonym for American author Josephine Chase. Born about 1878 in Pennsylvania to Edward H. Chase and Mary Arrner Chase. [1] Chase was the author of the popular Grace Harlowe series of 27 books for girls, written between 1910 and 1924. [2] [3] The books fall into four separate series, including a high school series, college series, Overseas series, and Overland Riders series. Chase never married. She died February 8, 1931, in Philadelphia. [4]

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An early cover design for Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School HighSchoolGirls.jpg
An early cover design for Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School

The author was also known by other pseudonyms including Pauline Lester (The Marjorie Dean series), Ames Thompson (The Adventure Boys series), Captain Gordon Bates (The Khaki Boys series, 1918–1920), Grace Gordon (The June Allen series), and Dale Wilkins. [2] [3] [5] The Harlowe series follows the life of its heroine more or less chronologically from high school through college and beyond. Like Flower's other heroine, Grace is a role-model, already a "paragon when her story begins". [6]

Books in the Grace Harlowe series

Books in the Grace Harlowe series include at least the following books, all of which are available through Project Gutenberg:

The following Grace Harlowe books are attested (i.e., are listed as available for sale through online vendors, some commanding high prices), but not through Project Gutenberg:

Notes

  1. 1880 United States Federal Census
  2. 1 2 Series Books
  3. 1 2 Rosoff, Nancy G; Spencer, Stephanie (2019). British and American School Stories, 1910-1960: Fiction, Femininity, and Friendship. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 8. ISBN   9783030059866.
  4. Pennsylvania death certificate.
  5. "Ch - Che - New General Catalog of Old Books & Authors". www.authorandbookinfo.com.
  6. Lundin 2003, p.106

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