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The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you’ve never heard of
At 35, Elsie Robinson feared she’d lost it all. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. She dreamed of becoming a writer and was willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even swinging a pickaxe in a gold mine to pay the bills.
When the mine shut down, she moved to the Bay Area. Armed with moxie and samples of her work, she barged into the offices of the Oakland Tribune and was hired on the spot. She went on to become a nationally syndicated columnist and household name, whose column ran for over 30 years and garnered 50 million readers.
Told in cinematic detail by bestselling author Julia Scheeres and award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert, Listen, World! is the inspiring story of a timeless maverick, capturing what it means to take a gamble on self-fulfillment and find freedom along the way.
Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman
by Scheeres, Julia; Gilbert, AllisonFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2022-09-27
Publisher(s): Seal Press
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Author Biography
Julia Scheeres is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Jesus Land which was a New York Times and London Times bestseller. Her second book, A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown, was named one of the “top 10 books about the 70s” by The Guardian and won the NCIBA Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 award. Scheeres’ essays, articles and book review have been published by the New York Times, Elle, Marie Claire, The Guardian, O, the Oprah Magazine and many other venues. She lives in Albany, California.
Allison Gilbert is an award-winning journalist and author of numerous books including Passed and Present, Parentless Parents, and Always Too Soon. She is also co-editor of Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11. The landmark book was turned into a documentary by the U.S. State Department and distributed to embassies and consulates around the world. Gilbert’s writing and expertise appear in numerous publications including O, the Oprah Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Real Simple, TODAY.com, CNN.com, The Daily Beast, and HuffPost. She lives in Irvington, New York.
Allison Gilbert is an award-winning journalist and author of numerous books including Passed and Present, Parentless Parents, and Always Too Soon. She is also co-editor of Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11. The landmark book was turned into a documentary by the U.S. State Department and distributed to embassies and consulates around the world. Gilbert’s writing and expertise appear in numerous publications including O, the Oprah Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Real Simple, TODAY.com, CNN.com, The Daily Beast, and HuffPost. She lives in Irvington, New York.
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