Mary
Frances
Doner
Born:
07/29/1893
Port Huron,
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 04/01/1985
Parents: James and Mary Jane Doner
Spouse: Elmer L. Moore (1915); Claude Louis Payzant (1930-1947)
Address(es):
Last known address:
Ludington, MI
Burial:
Hillside Cemetery
Saint Clair, MI
Died: 04/01/1985
Parents: James and Mary Jane Doner
Spouse: Elmer L. Moore (1915); Claude Louis Payzant (1930-1947)
Address(es):
Last known address:
Ludington, MI
Burial:
Hillside Cemetery
Saint Clair, MI
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Darker Star | Fiction, Michigan | Adult | New York, Thomas Bouregy | 1974 | |
| Not By Appointment | Fiction | Adult | New York, Thomas Bouregy | 1973 | |
| Pere Marquette: Soldier of the Cross (booklet) | Biography | Adult | Ludington, Mich., Danielson Colorprint with the Pere Marquette Society | 1969 | |
| Cleavenger vs. Castle: A Case of Breach of Promise and Seduction | Non Fiction, Biography | Adult | Grand Rapids, Mich. : Huron House/Philadelphia, Dorrance | 1968 | |
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The Old House Remembers by Rose D. Hawley - documented and edited by Mary Frances Doner. |
Michigan History | Adult | Ludington, Mi. : Lakeside Printing | 1968 | |
| The Wind and the Fog | Fiction | Adult | New York, Thomas Bouregy | 1963 | |
| While the River Flows; a story of life along the Great Lake waterways, of the sailors and their loves | Fiction, Michigan | Adult | New York, Thomas Bouregy | 1962 | |
| The Shores of Home | Fiction | Adult, Teen | New York, Thomas Bouregy | 1961 | |
|
The Salvager: the Life of Captain Tom Reid of the Great Lakes - A robust tale of an unusual man in always dangerous and unusual circumstances. It is a rags-to-riches and a hell-and-high-water saga with a thrill a page |
Fiction, Adventure | Adult | Minneapolis, Ross and Haines | 1958 | |
|
The Host Rock - Broadcast as a radio serial by American Brodcasting Co. |
Fiction, Michigan | Adult | Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc. | 1952 | |
| Cloud of Arrows: The Story of a Woman's Strange Fidelity | Fiction, Michigan | Adult | Garden City, New York, Doubleday & company, inc. | 1950 | |
|
Ravenswood - Written in the vein of light romantic fiction this is a family story set in a small Michigan town on Lake Huron, in the period before World War II. Pelagie St. George, the old dowager, had married for the power and position of the St. George name, rather than marry the man she loved; she found the price too high, despite the material gains. Her son Neely, kind, gentle, ineffectual, had married a shrew; their son, Thad, up and coming industrialist, falls in love with Kitty Rose Keane, a nobody and illegitimate, who disappears rather than hurt his future.Orthodox happy ending in view as the story closes. |
Fiction, Michigan | Adult | Garden City : Doubleday | 1948 | |
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Blue River: a Story of the Great Lakes Country - Optioned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a movie |
Fiction, Michigan | Adult | Garden City, New York, Doubleday & company, inc | 1946 | |
| O Distant Star! | Fiction, Michigan | Adult | Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran and company, inc. | 1944 | |
| Glass Mountain: a novel | Fiction | Adult | Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran and company, inc., | 1942 | |
| Not By Bread Alone | Fiction | Adult | Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran and company, inc., | 1941 | |
| Chalice: a novel | Fiction | Adult | Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. | 1940 | |
| Some Fell Among the Thorns | Fiction | Adult | Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. | 1939 | |
| Gallant Traitor | Fiction | Adult | Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. | 1938 | |
| Child of Conflict : a love story | Fiction, Romance | Adult | New York : Chelsea House | 1936 | |
| Let's Burn Our Bridges | Fiction, Romance | Adult | New York, N.Y. : A.H. King | 1935 | |
| The Dancer in the Shadow : a love story | Fiction, Romance | Adult | New York : Chelsea House | 1930 | |
| The Dark Garden : a love story | Fiction, Romance | Adult | New York : Chelsea House | 1930 | |
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Other writings: - Articles in Charm, Toronto Daily Star, Woman's Home Companion, Chatelaine, and others. Nearly 300 short stories and novelettes to pulp magazines in earlier years |
What is the aim or goal of your writing:
1st ed. says, " Thus once more we see the influence of Michigan's Great Lakes on one of her children. The biography of Captain Reid is pages of recorded history of shipping disasters on the Great Lakes during the years 1880-1950. Miss Doner did considerable research in Ludington and Port Huron, as well as making several trips to Fort Lauderdale to interview the retired sea captain."
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Inclusion in biographical or critical works:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Ink Trails II by Dave and Jack Dempsey | 2015 |
| Literary Michigan by The Michigan Council for the Humanities | 1988 |
| Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 13-16R | 1976 |
| American Novelists of Today | 1973 |
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Michigan Authors, 1st ed., 2nd ed., 3rd. ed. - Included in the following editions: 1960, 1980, 1993 |
1960-1993 |
| American Authors & Books | |
| Authors' and Writers' Who's Who | |
| Foremost Women in Communications | |
| Index to Women | |
| Who's Who in America | |
| Who's Who of American Women | |
| Who's Who in the Midwest | |
| Who's Who in the World | |
| Writers Directory |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate | St. Clair High School | St. Clair , MI | 1911 |
| - Studied music | Cathedral University | Detroit, MI | |
| City College of the City University of New York | New York City, NY | ||
| - Studied Journalism | Columbia University | New York, NY | |
| Holy Trinity Convent | Detroit, MI | ||
| St. Andrew's Fifth Avenue Church | New York |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing teacher | West Shore Community College | Ludington, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | 1972 |
| Summer Writer's Conference | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | 1954 |
| Writing teacher | Boston Center for Adult Education | Boston | 1943-1945 |
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Contract writer - Wrote for pulp magazines and Slick Magazines in the United States and Canada. |
Doubleday Publishing Company | New York, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | 1940-1957 |
| Music reporter | Herald-Traveller | Boston | 1928-1931 |
| Staff writer | Dell Publishing | New York, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | 1924-1932 |
| Lecturer | |||
| Magazine Writer and Novelist |
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Other Comments:
The Author's papers are housed at Michigan Historical Collections,
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
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