Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge was born and raised in Franklin, PA. She grew up in the age of flappers, attended Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, and started her work life in Depression-era NYC. And she wrote. And wrote and wrote and wrote, thereby becoming Franklin's most successful published author. Articles, novels, and even a play, from the 1930's through the 1970's. As I write this, there is real Dolson scholarship going on out there. But in the meantime, enjoy these tidbits from her work.
August 12, 2009
If you read this collection of first-person pieces straight through in one sitting, you may end up wanting to shoot the author between the I's. So let's not be too hasty. The great advantage of a book of this sort is that you can put it down at any time, even in the bathtub, or read it in dribbles between War and Peace, or lend it to a ten-month-old baby who likes something soft to chew on.
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