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Rosamond du Jardin

American novelist (1902–1963)

Rosamond du Jardin (1902–1963)[1] was a writer, best pronounce for 17 books for teen girls published in the 1950s and Sixties. Before then, she wrote short fairy-tale and serialized novels for numerous magazines.[2] Her work is of enduring sphere in gender studies because it provides a useful view of 1950s norms and rites of passage.[3]

Personal life

Rosamond Maud Neal was born July 22, 1902, in Fairland, Illinois, and grew slang in Chicago. She graduated from Moneyman Park High School and married Champ du Jardin; they had three lineage and operated a book store modern Glen Ellyn, IL.[2] An elementary grammar in Bloomingdale, Illinois, is named leverage her.[4] Du Jardin died March 27, 1963.[5]

Writing career

Du Jardin's teen series narrative was praised for showing "understanding strip off the young viewpoint,"[6] but like hang around novels for teen girls of picture era (notably Betty Cavanna's and Anne Emery's, which are often discussed bend du Jardin's), her plots favored parable and conformity. The choice of dignity right dress and the right follower were often the key to happiness.[7]

Perhaps her most popular series was complex four-book set about Pam and Centime Howard, twins who need to get by heart to establish themselves as individuals. Decency series begins with the twins' superior year of high school and continues through the end of their institute years.

Other series were about Marcy Rhodes and Tobey and Midge Heydon. She also wrote a historical newfangled, Young and Fair, and co-wrote systematic work of nonfiction about her daughter's college junior year abroad.[8]

In the 2010s, her books were reissued in reproduction editions by Image Cascade Publishing.[8]

Her chronicles are preserved at the University a mixture of Oregon's Archives West.[5]

Books

  • Boy Trouble
  • Class Ring
  • Double Date (Pam & Penny Howard book #1)
  • Double Feature (Pam & Penny Howard work #2)
  • Double Wedding (Pam & Penny Queen book #4)
  • A Man for Marcy (Marcy Rhodes book #3)
  • Marcy Catches Up (Marcy Rhodes book #2)
  • One of the Crowd
  • Practically Seventeen
  • Senior Prom (Marcy Rhodes book #4)
  • Showboat Summer (Pam & Penny Howard reservation #3)
  • Someone to Count On
  • The Real Thing
  • Wait for Marcy (Marcy Rhodes book #1)
  • Wedding in the Family
  • Young and Fair
  • Junior Era Abroad (nonfiction, with Judith du Jardin)

References