Dora jane dodie hamblin (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st/1st Inscribed and signed on the front endpaper:"To Pat-From One Ancient Ruin to Another with Love Dodie" GOOD sharp, clean copy. 258 pp. No jacket. Dora Jane Hamblin was born June 15, 1920 in Bedford, Iowa. She graduated magna cum laude from Coe College in 1941, majoring in Journalism. Among her many activities and accomplishments at Coe, Hamblin was as Delta Delta Delta president, Panhellenic president, and Cosmos editor. She also played tennis and was on both the hockey and basketball teams at Coe. After graduation, Hamblin went on to get her Master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University, in 1942. Ever in the action, she served in the Red Cross during World War II, travelling with them to Europe and the Pacific. Hamblin started her long career at "Life" Magazine in 1948, working at first as a researcher in New York City. She went on to be a correspondent in London, Paris, Chicago, and Rome. Dodie Hamblin also wrote a total of eight books, mostly, about Italian archaeology. She also assisted Mary Martin with the biographyof her life, a book entitled, "My Heart Belongs". Dora Jane Hamblin spent the last 23 years of her life in her favorite country, Italy. She passed away in 1993, afflicted with throat cancer. Inscribed by Author.…