Joseph Stanley Pennell papers 1924-1961

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Joseph Stanley Pennell papers 1924-1961

Joseph S. Pennell (1903-1963), novelist and short story writer, is most known for his book on the Civil War, , where he "depicted the lives of ordinary soldiers with gripping realism." The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, literary manuscript material, an autobiography, idea notebook, published newspaper pieces, photographs, and the personal correspondence, diary and manuscripts of Elizabeth (nee Horton) Pennell. The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Matters

6.0 linear feet, 4 containers

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Pennell, Elizabeth Horton

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Joseph S. Pennell (1903-1963), novelist and short story writer, was born in junction City, Kansas and educated at the University of Kansas and Oxford. He was a newspaper reporter and teacher. His first novel, The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Matters (1944) was a book "based on the author’s recollections from his own Kansas family as well as his reading of more than 1,000 Civil War books and the 128 volumes of the Official Records, Pennell depicted in Rome Hanks the ...

Pennell, Joseph Stanley, 1903-1963

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Joseph S. Pennell (1903-1963), novelist and short story writer, was born in junction City, Kansas and educated at the University of Kansas and Oxford. He was a newspaper reporter and teacher. His first novel, The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Matters (1944) was a book "based on the author’s recollections from his own Kansas family as well as his reading of more than 1,000 Civil War books and the 128 volumes of the Official Records, Pennell depicted in Rome Hanks the ...