Lida Larrimore

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Lida Larrimore


Born
in Girdletree, Maryland, The United States
June 27, 1896

Died
July 02, 1960

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Lida Larrimore Turner Thomas was born in Girdletree, on the eastern shore of Maryland, where her father Henry Clay Turner was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Miss Larrimore's writing career began with a play she created out of necessity.

Her only juvenile novel, "The Blossoming of Patricia-the-Less," came in 1924. Tarpaper Palace, her first novel, was published in 1928. On February 27, 1931, Lida Larrimore "Larry" Turner married a widower, Charles Thomas of Tredyffrin Township, Maryland. They had two daughters.

Lida wrote seventeen novels in less than twenty-five years. Her work has been compared to Grace Livingston Hill.
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Mulberry Square

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Jonathan's Daughter

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Tarpaper Palace

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The Silver Flute

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Bugles in Her Heart

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The Wagon and the Star

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Tuesday Never Comes

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No Lovelier Spring

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Robin Hill

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Two Keys To A Cabin

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