Grace Duffie Boylan

Born: 09/02/1861   Kalamazoo
Died: 03/24/1935
Parents: Phelix K. and Juliette Duffie
Spouse: George Roe (1st); Robert J. Boylan (2nd); St. George Kempson (3rd); Louis Napoleon Geldert (4th);
Children: Clover Roscoe; Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Address(es):
Last known address:
Memphis , TN

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
A Rumor of Angels (Thy Son Liveth)
- Movie title starring Vanessa Redgrave about a boy who learns to cope with the death of his mother by befriending a grumpy old lady
Fiction Adult M G M 2000
Conquerers Fiction Adult 1928
Pipes of Clovis; a Fairy Romance of the Twelfth Century Fiction Adult Boston, MA; Little, Brown and Company 1928
Thy Son Liveth: Messages from a Soldier to His Mother
- Her account of what her son communicated to her about death using Morse Code and automatic writing after his death on the battlefield in France during World War I
Fiction Adult Little, Brown 1918
The Supplanters Fiction Adult Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1913
Steps to Nowhere Fiction Adult New York: The Baker & Taylor Company 1910
Yama Yama land : where everything is different Fiction Children Chicago : Reilly & Britton 1909
The Kiss of Glory Fiction Adult New York: G.W. Dillingham Compan 1902
Kids of Many Colors
- Stories were about children of diverse races and cultures.
Fiction Children Chicago: Jamieson, Higgins Co 1901
Our Little Cuban Kiddies Fiction , Poetry Children New York : Hurst & Co. 1901
Our Little Eskimo Kiddies Fiction , Poetry Children New York : Hurst & Co. 1901
When the Band Played; a Book for Readers and Entertainers Non Fiction Adult Chicago, IL: Jamieson-Higgins Co. 1901
Young Folks' Uncle Tom's Cabin
- An adapted (shortened) version of the classic tale of the deep South and slavery for youngsters
Historical Fiction Adult , Children Albert Whitman 1901 -1956
_If Tam O'Shanter'd Had a Wheel, and other poems and sketches Poetry Adult New York: E. R. Herrick & Co., 1898
The Old House and Other Poems and Sketches Fiction , Poetry Adult Chicago: Jamieson, Higgins Co 1897

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
- in theatre
University of Wisconsin Whitewater , WI 1985

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Journalist Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean and Chicago Journal Chicago
Writer of dialect poetry and patriotic verse

Other Resources:

Other Comments:

Her son Malcolm Stuart Boylan wrote "Tin Sword" in 1950. An account of the adventures of a young boy in Battle Creek during the first quarter of the century.

Last Modified On: 3/26/2018 12:00:00 AM