Alice Tisdale Hobart

Alice Tisdale Hobart born Nourse ( born January 28, 1882 in Lockport, NY, † March 14, 1967 in Oakland, California ) was an American writer.

She married on June 29, 1914 American businessman Earl Tisdale Hobart, with whom she lived in China 20 years. She wrote travel stories and novels with the theme of the contrast between Eastern and Western mentality.

Her most famous and most successful novel was oil for the lamps of China. Later novels played in Mexico and California and dealt with the social and industrial development in the United States.

Works

  • China trilogy: Oil for the Lamps of China
  • Power, you destiny - Roman to the Yangtze River
  • House of healing hands (Yang and Yin)

Films

Pictures of Alice Tisdale Hobart

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