Adela rogers st johns biography books

  • Adela Nora Rogers St. Johns was an American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter.
  • The Skyrocket (Cosmopolitan, 1925) [novel] · A Free Soul (Cosmopolitan, 1927) [novel] · The Single Standard (Cosmopolitan, 1928) [novel] · Field of Honor .
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  • Adela Rogers St. Johns was an author, screenwriter, and journalist whose long career followed a variety of topics from sports, politics, and the movies.

    She won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1970.

    Books in order of publication:

    The Skyrocket (Cosmopolitan, 1925) [novel]

    A Free Soul (Cosmopolitan, 1927) [novel]

    The Single Standard (Grosset & Dunlap, 1928) [novelization of her screenplay]

    Field of Honor (E.P. Dutton, 1938) [novel]

    The Root of All Evil (E.P. Dutton, 1940) [novel]

    Never Again, and Other Stories (Doubleday, 1949)

    How to Write a Story and Sell It (Doubleday, 1956)

    Affirmative Prayers in Action (Dodd, Mead, 1957)

    First Step up Toward Heaven: Hubert Eaton and Forest Lawn (Prentice-Hall, 1959)

    Final Verdict (Doubleday, 1962) [biography of her father, Earl Rogers]

    Tell No Man (Doubleday, 1966) [novel]

    The Honeycomb (Doubleday, 1969) [autobiography]

    Some are Born Great (Doubleday, 1

    Some Are Born Great

    September 20, 2016
    Adela Rogers St. Johns led a fascinating life and knew just about everyone who was someone! I would love to have had a date book like hers! What company she kept! From Amelia Earhart to Mother Cabrini, she met them all. This book, however, tends to ramble on various tangents and she doesn't stick to one subject. The whole thing is based on who St. Johns would like to invite to sit at her table at 'The Tavern at the End of the Road'. I plowed through the text and came away with many nuggets about such fascinating folks as Marie Dressler, Isadora Duncan, Margaret Mitchell and many, many more. As a journalist for the Hearst papers, St. Johns was known as 'Mother Confessor' and had many famous friends. For goodness sakes--how many people do you know who actually met a saint? I, for one, would love to sit at her table, but it did get me to thinking--who would I invite to sit at MY table at 'The Tavern at the End of the Road'? Well, for starters...
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