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Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck had always lived in China except for the time she spent in the United States when she was being educated. She studied at Randolph-Macon College and at Cornell University. She taught at the University of Nanking and at the Government University in Nanking under two national regimes. She lived in Nanking during the 1930's.
The Good Earth was Mrs. Buck's second published novel. East Wind: West Wind appeared under the John Day imprint in 1930. She contributed articles and stories to various magazines, among them The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, and Asia.

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Born 26 June 1892
Died 6 March 1973

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  • Cover of: The good earth

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Born 26 June 1892
Died 6 March 1973

Subjects

Fiction, History, Social life and customs, China, fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, general, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Families, Children's fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Juvenile fiction, Large type books, Manners and customs, Biography, Missions, Women, World War, 1939-1945, American literature, China, Family, Man-woman relationships, Race relations, American Novelists, Civilization, Fiction, historical

Places

China, United States, Japan, Asia, India, Korea, Amazon rainforest, Beijing (China), Calcutta, Caribbean, Dublin, East Asia, England, Germany, Glendale College Library, Illinois River, Ireland, Justice of the Peace Court, Kansas, Middle East, Missouri, New England, New York, New York (N.Y.), Oklahoma

People

Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), Absalom Sydenstricker (1852-1931), Yat-sen Sun (1866-1925), Caroline (Stulting) Sydenstricker (1857-1921), Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker (1857-1921), Abner Snopes, Absalom Sydenstricker, Absalom Sydenstricker (1852-1931,), Amanda Wingfield, Bartleby, Bill Hutchinson, Billy Colman, Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker Mrs. (1857-1921), Cicero, Cixi Empress dowager of China (1835-1908), General Zaroff, Ginger Nut, Grandpa, Grimesby Roylott, Harry Graves, Helen Stoner, Ivan, Jim O'Connor, John H. Watson, John Jacob Astor

Time

20th century, 1937-1945, 1928-1937, 1945-, 19th century, 1864-1919, 1890's on I presume, 1908, 1912-1928, 1912-1949, 1918-1933, 1949-1976, 1950-, 20th Century, 960-1644, Civil War, 1861-1865, Ming dai, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644, Roughly between WWI and WW2, Song dynasty, 960-1279, Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368

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