Neshaminy: The Bucks County Historical and Literary Journal Spring/Summer 2021: Vol. 2, No, 2

by Don Swaim, Daniel Dorian, Jim Brennan

Neshaminy is published twice annually by the Doylestown Historical Society in association with the Bucks County Writers Workshop. It features history, biography, fiction, poetry, memoir, and interviews, all with a focus on the rich literary and historical traditions of Bucks County and Pennsylvania. Exclusives in this Taking Stephen Sondheim's musical career, his formative years in Doylestown, and His bond with Oscar Hammerstein II.* Lassie, the courageous canine of movies and popular fiction, springs from the pen of Eric Knight in Bucks County.* The Door How family, place, and tragedy shaped the life and legacy of Pearl S. Buck.* How Jean Toomer, famed of the Harlem Renaissance found spiritual enlightenment in Bucks County.By Don Swaim, William J. Donahue, Bill Stieg, Melissa D. Sullivan, David L. Updike, Pat Achilles, Daniel Dorian, W. S. Merwin, Jim Brennan, Jennifer Rogers. Darlene Versak, D. Constance Wrzesniewski, Natalie Zellat Dyen

143 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 19, 2021

About the author

Don Swaim is a writer, novelist, journalist, and winner of the 2011 Pearl S. Buck short story prize. His novel, The H.L. Mencken Murder Case (St. Martin's Press), was republished as a trade paperback under the Authors Guild's Back in Print program. Born in Kansas and educated in Ohio, his daily feature "Book Beat" was broadcast on major radio stations through the CBS Radio Stations News Service, and can be heard on the Internet at Wired for Books and at Book Beat:The Podcast. After a career at CBS in New York and Baltimore, Swaim founded the Bucks County Writers Workshop in Pennsylvania. He edits the web's definitive Ambrose Bierce Site. His fiction and articles have been published in small magazines and on the web.