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Author Cummins, June

Title From Sarah to Sydney : the woman behind All-Of-a-Kind Family
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (396 pages)
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Family Background in the Old Country: 1880-1900 -- Two. Sarah's Childhood on the Lower East Side: 1901-1910 -- Three. Gateways to a Wider World: 1910-1916 -- Four. Sarah Becomes Sydney: 1916-1920 -- Five. Romance and the New Woman: 1920-1923 -- Six. Political Awakening and Contentious Courtship: 1923-1925 -- Seven. Performance at Home and on Stage: 1925-1935 -- Eight. Progressive Motherhood: 1935-1950 -- Nine. Camp Cejwin: 1942-1960 -- Ten. Award-Winning Author: 1950-1960 -- Eleven. Personal Loss and Artistic Anxiety: 1960-1970 -- Twelve. Last Years and Legacy: 1970-1978 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary The untold life story of All-of-a-Kind Family author Sydney Taylor, highlighting her dramatic influence on American children's literature
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Taylor, Sydney, 1904-1978.
SUBJECT Taylor, Sydney, 1904-1978 fast
Subject Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Children's literature, American -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish.
Authors, American
Children's literature, American
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Dunietz, Alexandra
ISBN 9780300258363
0300258364