Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, best novels

By: Shipman Andrews, Mary Raymond

Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews (1860 - 1936) was an American writer. She is best known for a widely read short story about US President Abraham Lincoln, "The Perfect Tribute", which was adapted for film twice and sold 600,000 copies when published as a standalone volume. Andrews primarily was known for sentimental and melodramatic magazine fiction. Many of her works were published in Scribner's Magazine, including her first published story, "Crowned with Glory and Honor", in 1902. She also wrote The Marshal, a Napoleonic historical novel, Crosses of War, a collection of World War I poetry, A Lost Commander, a biography of Florence Nightingale, and The Eternal Feminine, a collection of stories about women. Andrews also wrote the chapter "The School Boy" in The Whole Family, a collaborative novel featuring chapters written by different authors, including Henry James and William Dean Howells. Andrews was asked to contribute the chapter about the boy Billy Talbert after Mark Twain declined. In this book: The Perfect Tribute The Lifted Bandage The Courage of the Commonplace Through the Ivory Gate Joy in the Morning A Good Samaritan The Militants

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1974065022
• ISBN13: 9781974065028
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"