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Claiming descent from Anne Bradstreet, Jeanne Funkhouser Reeder says that writing is in her blood. Reeder grew up in Dayton, Ohio where her father was Ovrille Wright's personal lawyer and she says she can remember him telling the story of their first flight. She attended Earlham College and received her M.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan. She worked for a time as a legal secretary in her father's law office, then taught school at both the elementary and secondary levels before teaching English at Henry Ford College. She has contributed writings to The Dayton Daily News, The Detroit News Sunday Magazine,and the Wall Street Journal, among others.
Jacque Roethler 2005
These papers
were given to the University of Iowa Libraries as a bequest by
Guide posted
to Internet:
Autobiography. 2copies
Writings
Articles
"The Hazards of Authority"
Novellas
"The Decisions of Ali"
"My Husband, My Betrayer"
"One in a Million"
"Shadows of the Past"
"Very Untruly Yours"
Novel
Mistress of Hartland
A summary
Cast of characters. 2copies
Title page to page 167
Pages 168-326
Pages 327-486
Synopsis. 2 copies
Corrected pages
Plays
“Autograph Book”
"Enemy in the Gates"
“Fatal Quest”. 2 copies.
“King Harry’s Daughter”
“Quietus”. 2 copies
"Strawberry Point"
“Thanksgiving Pageant” (Sail Ho). 2 copies
Shooting scripts
“Stranger in the Earth"
Short stories
"Angela's Revenge"
"A Call at Scotland Yard"
"Challenges"
"First Acquaintance"
""Forever Morrie"
"Gopher Junction"
"The Gospel According to Jude"
"Great Lover"
"The Heart of the Matter"
"His Father's Son"
"Homecoming"
"I'm Engaged to a Killer"
"In My Heart, In My Arms, In My Bed"
"Legacies"
"Lester Snow's Will"
"A Long Day's Journey into Light"
"My Beloved is Free"
"Only the Plum Branch Listens"
"An Oyster's Love Story"
"Rocky Lonesome"
"The Romantic Type"
"Rutherford H. Pusscat: A Cat Ahead of His Time"
"Sangre de Cristo"
"The Schooling of Slippery Malone"
"'Signed With Their Honor'"
"Too Nice A Girl For Me"
"The Trouble With Neatness"
"True Love and Other Headaches"
"Twenty Years Later"
"Visiting Day"
"Waiting at Holly's"