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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 · 2,700 ratings · 457 reviews · 71 distinct works • Similar authors
The Friendly Persuasion: A ...
3.90 avg rating — 1,017 ratings — published 1945 — 55 editions
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Except for Me and Thee
4.14 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1969 — 30 editions
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Cress Delahanty
3.90 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1945 — 24 editions
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The Massacre at Fall Creek
3.78 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1975 — 19 editions
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The Quaker Reader
4.12 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions
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Leafy Rivers
3.62 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1967 — 14 editions
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The Life I Really Lived
3.88 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1979 — 14 editions
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The Woman Said Yes: Encount...
4.15 avg rating — 61 ratings — 8 editions
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Collected Stories of Jessam...
4.11 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
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The Witch Diggers
3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1951 — 15 editions
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The Friendly Persuasion: A ... 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.”
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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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