Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became Americas Most-Read Woman Scheeres Julia
Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became Americas Most-Read Woman Scheeres Julia The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you've never heard ofAt…
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Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became Americas Most-Read Woman Scheeres Julia
The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you've never heard ofAt thirty-five, Elsie Robinson feared she'd lost it all. She dreamed of becoming a writer and was willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even swinging a pickax in a gold mine to pay the bills.When the mine shut down, she moved to the Bay Area. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son.
She went on to become a nationally syndicated columnist and household name whose column ran for over thirty years and garnered more than twenty million readers.Told in cinematic detail by bestselling author Julia Scheeres and award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert, Armed with moxie and samples of her work, she barged into the offices of the Oakland Tribune and was hired on the spot.