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| Jessamyn West McPherson Wins More Literary Laurels With Quaker Stories Yorba Linda Star December 29 1944 page 3 |
| Jessamyn West most published story writer Yorba Linda Star July 20 1945 page 1 |
| Jessamyn's first book out soon Yorba Linda Star October 12 1945 page 1 |
| Jessamyn West's new book is among those offered at Yorba Linda Library Yorba Linda Star November 23 1945 page 2 |
| Jessamyn West sells movie rights to book Yorba Linda Star April 19 1946 page 3 |
| "Those Good Old Days" by One Who Can Really Tell It by Jessamyn West McPherson, Yorba Linda Star October 17 1947 page 1 |
| Jessamyn West Reminisces On Early Days in Yorba Linda by March Butz, Yorba Linda Star October 24 1957 page 3 |
| Former Residents Gain National Fame Yorba Linda Star August 23 1967 page 2 |
| Jessamyn West is city's other famous resident by Gisela Meier, Yorba Linda Star January 6 1979 page 2 |
| Jessamyn West comments on Star's article about her Yorba Linda Star January 27 1979 page 2 |
| Jessamyn West dies of stroke at age 81 Yorba Linda Star March 7 1984 page 5 |
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Jessamyn West McPherson Wins More Literary Laurels With Quaker StoriesYorba Linda Star December 29 1944 page 3
Jessamyn West McPherson, by long odds the most distinguished literary figure who has ever lived for any length of time in northern Orange County, has added this fall considerably to her literary fame.
She has run her score of stories published in the Atlantic Monthly to three since July, she has a story in the December number of the swank style magazine, Madamoiselle, she soon will have a story in Harper's, one of her stories has been selected by Martha Foley for her "Best Short Stories of 1944" and she will soon have a collection of her stories published in book form.
Her story in the current issue of Madamoiselle has a specific Yorba Linda setting. The description -- "the brown, cactus-covered foothills, the open sky, the rolling orange orchards" -- are unmistakable.
Mrs. McPherson, who writes under her maiden name, is the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldo West. Mr. West will be remembered by all older residents of Yorba Linda as superintendent for several years of the Yorba Linda Water company.
Through both her father and her mother she is a birthright Friend, her grandfather Milhouse, having been one of the early backers of the Yorba Linda Friends church. This Quaker background gives all Mrs. McPherson's stories their peculiar flavor, but the wide-spread recognition she has had in a few short years, indicates her stories have merits other than a quaint background.
Mrs. McPherson was "knocked down by tuberculosis" while studying for a doctor's degree and made, she says, a "horizontal approach" to literature.
Her husband, Dr. Maxwell McPherson, is superintendent of the high school and junior college at Napa.
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