Emily Kimbrough (1899–1989)
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(eng) Emily Kimbrough & Cornelia Otis Skinner also co-wrote books.
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- Syntymäaika
- 1899-10-23
- Kuolinaika
- 1989-02-10
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- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Muncie, Indiana, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- New York, New York, USA
- Koulutus
- Bryn Mawr College
The Sorbonne, Paris, France - Ammatit
- editor
radio host
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journalist
travel writer - Organisaatiot
- Marshall Field's
Ladies' Home Journal
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- Emily Kimbrough was born in Muncie, Indiana, and moved to Chicago with her family at age 11. At 19, she took an adventurous trip to Europe with her friend Cornelia Otis Skinner. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1921 and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Back in the USA in 1923, she went to work as an advertising copywriter for the department store Marshall Field & Co. She began a career as a journalist when she became a researcher and writer for the company's quarterly catalog, Fashions of the Hour, and was later promoted to editor of the publication. In 1927, she was named managing editor of the Ladies' Home Journal, a position she held until 1929. That year, she and her husband John Wrench had twin daughters; they were divorced a few years later. Emily became a freelance writer and contributed articles to various national magazines, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Country Life, House and Garden, Travel, Readers' Digest, and Saturday Review of Literature. In 1942, she and Cornelia published a joint memoir, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, based on their light-hearted European adventures. The book became a hugely popular New York Times best seller, and the two friends went to Hollywood to work on a script for the movie adaptation. Emily wrote about this experience in We Followed Our Hearts to Hollywood (1943). At one time, her series of travel guides to England, Italy, Portugal, Greece, France, and Ireland were standards for Americans abroad. Further books included Through Charley's Door (1952), about her experiences at Marshall Field; How Dear to My Heart (1944) about her childhood; The Innocents from Indiana (1950); and Now and Then (1972). In 1952, she joined WCBS Radio as a host.
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Parts about Kimbrough that made me laugh: she was a self proclaimed arguer. She liked a persuasive dialogue challenge. Throughout And a Right Good Crew she was witty and humorous. I loved how she described herself and her companions as heathens who didn't know how to make a proper pot of tea. She shamelessly uses her daughter's pregnancy to gain special treatment while traveling and desperately wanted to see how a game of darts was played. I think I would have liked to be friends with Emily Kimbrough.
A few scenes I enjoyed: shopping in 1950s England. They didn't supply shoppers with containers for their purchases, (What is old is new again. Maine does provide shopping bags, either.) Arthur Kober's attempt to steer the Maid Marysue, and the ringing of the bells.
Beyond a pleasant memoir, And a Right Good Crew includes some practical late 1950s information about traveling by canal: a glossary of terms, a step by step directive of how to take a boat through a lock, a list of books for suggested reading, and a tally of basic expenses.… (lisätietoja)