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Gwen Bristow (September 16, 1903 – August 17, 1980) was an American writer and journalist, best known for her tales of the Old South, especially the "Plantation Trilogy." [1] Early life. Bristow was born in Marion, South Carolina in 1903 to Baptist minister Louis Judson Bristow and Caroline Cornelia Winkler. [2] .
Gwen Bristow has 30 books on Goodreads with 41575 ratings. Gwen Bristow’s most popular book is Jubilee Trail (3) (Rediscovered Classics).
Complete order of Gwen Bristow books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Bristow reached the pinnacle of her career with the western romance Jubilee Trail, which became a bestseller in 1950, and was adapted to a moderately successful film in 1954.
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May 17, 2016 · Gwen Bristow was a popular and critically acclaimed novelist who wrote historical fiction set in the South and California. She was born in Marion, South Carolina, in 1903 and died in New Orleans in 1980.
Gwen Bristow (1903-1980), the author of seven bestselling historical novels that bring to life momentous events in American history, such as the siege of Charleston during the American Revolution (Celia Garth) and the great California gold rush (Calico Palace), was born in South Carolina, where the Bristow family had settled in the seventeenth c...
From "Bringing to life the heady days of the American Revolution through the eyes of a heroine who played a brave and dramatic part in the conflict, this novel follows Celia Garth, a Charleston native, as she transforms from a fashionable dressmaker to a patriot spy.
