Constance Lindsay Skinner (December 7, 1877 – March 27, 1939) was a Canadian writer, critic, historian and editor best known for having conceived the Rivers of America Series for the publisher Farrar & Rinehart. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Rivers of America Series started in 1937 with the publication of Kennebec Cradle of Americans by Robert P Farrar & Rinehart (1929–1946 was a United States book publishing company founded in New York
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Constance Lindsay Skinner was born on December 7, 1877 at Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada to Robert and Annie (Lindsay) Skinner. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Quesnel (kwəˈnɛl is a small city that is part of the Cariboo District of British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Her father was an agent for the Hudson's Bay Company.
In 1891 the family relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal By this time, Skinner was already writing, completing her first published work, Gederland, during her teen years. In 1893, Skinner went to live with her aunt in California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. While little is known of her childhood, much of the history and many of the novels and stories she wrote in later years were related to the northwest, Canada, and the gold rush. A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of Gold.
Between 1902 and 1907 she moved from California to New York City, where she expanded her repertoire to include plays and criticism. The City of New York She was a regular theater critic for the New York Herald Tribune. The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. While it is unclear when her first novel was published, by 1917, one of her novels, Good-Morning Rosamond!, had been adapted into a three act comedy and performed at the Shubert Theatre.
In 1936 Skinner became the architect and first editor of the Rivers of America Series for the publishers Farrar & Rinehart. In an essay published in the early volumes of the Series she described the Series as being an exploration and interpretation of American folklife through the history, exploration, and flow of America’s rivers. Originally conceived as 24 volumes, Skinner died March 27, 1939, at her desk, editing the sixth volume in the Series, The Hudson, by Carl Carmer. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carl Carmer ( October 16, 1893 - September 1976 was an author of Nonfiction books Memoirs, and Novels, many of which focused on The Series would eventually reach 65 volumes. Her papers are at the New York Public Library. The New York Public Library ( NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America's most significant Research libraries.
Partial bibliography
Non-fiction
- Adventurers of Oregon (Yale University Press, New Haven, 1920)
- Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a Chronicle of the Dark and Bloody Ground (Yale University Press, New Haven, 1921)
- The Tiger Who Walks Alone (Macmillan Company, New York, 1927)
- Songs of the Coast Dwellers (Coward-McCann, New York, 1930)
- Beaver, Kings and Cabins (Macmillan Company, New York, 1933)
Fiction
- Good Morning Rosamond
- The Search Relentless (Methuen, London, 1925)
- Silent Scot: Frontier Scout (Macmillan Company, New York, 1925)
- The White Leader (Macmillan Company, New York, 1926)
- Becky Landers Frontier Warrior (Macmillan Company, New York, 1927)
- Roselle of the North (Macmillan Company, New York, 1927)
- Andy Breaks Trail (Macmillan Company, New York, 1928)
- The Ranch of the Golden Flowers (Macmillan Company, New York, 1928)
- Red Man's Luck (Coward-McCann, New York, 1930)
- Debby Barnes, Trader (Junior Literary Guild, New York, 1932)
- Rob Roy, The Frontier Twins (Macmillan Company, New York, 1934)
Plays
- Lady of Grey Gables (with Herbert Heron)
Articles
- The Golden Klondike and How to Reach It
References & sources
External links
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