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Jessamyn West


Born
in Vernon, Indiana, The United States
July 18, 1902

Died
February 24, 1984

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories


Mary Jessamyn West was an American Quaker (originally from Indiana) who wrote numerous stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945).

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Average rating: 3.89 · 2,526 ratings · 422 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors
The Friendly Persuasion
3.92 avg rating — 940 ratings — published 1945 — 55 editions
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Except for Me and Thee
4.15 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1969 — 31 editions
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Cress Delahanty
3.90 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1945 — 34 editions
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The Massacre at Fall Creek
3.78 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1975 — 20 editions
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The Quaker Reader
4.15 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions
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Leafy Rivers
3.61 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1967 — 14 editions
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The Woman Said Yes: Encount...
4.17 avg rating — 58 ratings — 8 editions
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The Life I Really Lived
3.92 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1979 — 13 editions
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Collected Stories of Jessam...
4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
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The Witch Diggers
3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1951 — 15 editions
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The Friendly Persuasion Except for Me and Thee
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“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”
― Jessamyn West
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“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.”
― Jessamyn West
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“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. ”
― Jessamyn West
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