McEwen, Inez Puckett
Biographical notes:
Inez Puckett McEwen, 1899-1987, was born in Oyens, Iowa. Her parents then moved to Wyoming, Idaho, and California while she was still a child. McEwen went to school in California, attending USC, Pomona, and Scripps, and earning a B.A. in dramatics and also winning an art scholarship. After her formal education, she became a newspaper reporter and feature writer, radio reporter and private speech instructor. She also taught school both in California and later in Alaska. In 1943 McEwen moved to a ranch in Idaho with her husband and it was there that she wrote the popularly acclaimed book, So This Is Ranching . She also wrote scripts for a serial program, "Hodgepodge," that ran on a Twin Falls radio station. McEwen also spent the early 1960s in Somalia, Africa from where she penned her impressions of a culture different from her own. Moving in circles with regional writers, McEwen became acquainted with Vardis Fisher, the Idaho novelist. Apparently the two became romantically involved, as suggested by correspondence included in the papers.
From the guide to the Inez Puckett McEwen Papers, 1885-1982, (Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
Author and journalist, Twin Falls, Idaho.
From the description of Papers, 1885-1982. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852941
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Subjects:
- Authors, American
- Idaho
- International relations
- Japanese Americans
- Literature
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
Occupations:
- Authors, American
Places:
- Wyoming--Heart Mountain (as recorded)
