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Daisy Newman (1904–1994)

Author of A procession of Friends : Quakers in America

15+ Works 672 Members 11 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the names: daisy neuman, Diasy Newman, Daisy Newman, Daisy Neumann, Edited By Charles W. ferguson Daisy Newman

Series

Works by Daisy Newman

A procession of Friends : Quakers in America (1972) 131 copies, 4 reviews

I Take Thee, Serenity (1975) 130 copies, 2 reviews

Diligence in Love (1992) 100 copies, 2 reviews

Indian Summer of the Heart (1982) 93 copies, 2 reviews

The autumn's brightness (1954) 74 copies

A Golden String (1987) 74 copies

Now that April's there (1944) 27 copies

The Wondrous Gift: A Christmas Story (1982) 19 copies

Mount Joy (1968) 12 copies

The business of our lives 4 copies, 1 review

Peaceably with all men 3 copies

Now That April's There By Daisy Newman 2 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Indian Summer of the Heart / Banker 1 copy

The wonderous gift 1 copy

"The Quakerama" - The Business of our Lives 1 copy

Associated Works

Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Men for the Mountains • Indian Summer of the Heart • Touch the Devil • The Whip (1983) 34 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1976 v01 (1976) — Contributor — 31 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1983 v01 (1983) 26 copies

Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Indian Summer of the Heart | Banker (1983) 13 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Surface with Daring • I Take Thee, Serenity • The Silence of the North • The… (1977) 4 copies

Guideposts Condensed Books: Dreamers/the Teacher Who Couldn't Read/I Take Thee, Serenity/Enjoying the Presence of God (1998) 3 copies

Guideposts Condensed Books: Too Long a Stranger/Well Done!/Diligence in Love/Boundaries (1994) 2 copies

Tagged

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1904
Date of death: 1994-01-25
Gender: female
Birthplace: Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Place of death: Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Places of residence: London, England, UK
New York City, New York, USA
France
Germany
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Education: University of Oxford
Barnard College
Radcliffe College
Occupations: novelist
historian

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Reviews

Indian Summer of the Heart by Daisy Newman

Sequel to I Take Thee, Serenity

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PVFMKC64110 | 1 other review | Aug 1, 2024 |

The business of our lives by Daisy Newman

A play dramatizing significant scenes from the lives of Friends.

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PendleHillLibrary | Dec 13, 2022 |

A Procession of Friends Quakers in America by Daisy Newman

A good, readable general history of Quakers in the United States.

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PJCWLibrary | 3 other reviews | Apr 24, 2019 |

A procession of Friends : Quakers in America by Daisy Newman

What one book does on share with one's parents to convince them their son or daughter has not joined a cult? For more than one new Friend, this has been the choice.

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FriendshipFLibrary | 3 other reviews | May 6, 2016 |

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Top Five Books of 2013 (1)

Awards

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New York Times bestseller

Now that April's there (Fiction – 1945)

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Statistics

Works: 15
Also by: 7
Members: 672
Popularity: #37,565
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 11
ISBNs: 17
Favorited: 1

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