John P. Marquand (1893–1960)
Author of The Late George Apley
About the Author
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Series
Works by John P. Marquand
North of Grand Central; three novels of New England: The late George Apley, Wickford Point, H.M. Pulham, Esquire (1956) 9 copies
Lord Timothy Dexter of Newburyport, Mass First in the East, First in the West, and the Greatest Philosopher in the… (1925) 8 copies
Ingen vei tilbake 4 copies
The Late George Apley: A Play 4 copies
The Late George Apley No. 182 3 copies
Ingen vei tilbake. B2 2 copies
Don't ask questions 2 copies
Ingen vei tilbake. B1 1 copy
The second happiest day 1 copy
Gente bien 1 copy
H.M. PULMAN, ESQUIRE 1 copy
Lake George 1 copy
Escala em Toquio (Seleções) 1 copy
The Mr. Moto Novels Volume One: Your Turn, Mr. Moto; Thank You, Mr. Moto; and Think Fast, Mr. Moto 1 copy
Letter To Dr. Huntington 1 copy
Pull, Pull Together 1 copy
Iwo Jima Before H-Hour 1 copy
Golden Lads 1 copy
Ascension Island 1 copy
Good Morning, Major 1 copy
Lunch at Honolulu 1 copy
The End Game 1 copy
King of the Sea 1 copy
Poor Pan 1 copy
Fourth Down 1 copy
Just Break The News 1 copy
Beginning Now-- 1 copy
Merry Christmas, All 1 copy
High Tide 1 copy
Where Are You, Prince? 1 copy
Rainbow 1 copy
The Summing Up 1 copy
Associated Works
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 131 copies
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 3 — Contributor — 6 copies
Best-in-Books: Treasure of Pleasant Valley / Best of H.T. Webster / Bridge of San Luis Rey / Think Fast Mr. Moto /… (1956) — Contributor — 4 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Old Yeller • The Tribe that Lost its Head • The Philadelphian • Stopover: Tokyo (1956) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Contributor — 4 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Women and Thomas Harrow / The Northern Light / In My Father's House / Cone of Silence (1955) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1927 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1927) — Contributor — 3 copies
Best-in-Books: Beyond This Place / Gallant Mrs. Stonewall / U.S.A. in Color / Life at Happy Knoll / Land of Stones and… (1957) — Contributor — 3 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books; Winter 1957, Volume 28: Bon Voyage / The Tribe That Lost Its Head / The Philadelphian… — Contributor — 1 copy
5 Book LOT: International Collectors Library. History of Tom Jones / Late George Apley / Winesburg, Ohio / Short… (1960) — Contributor — 1 copy
Best-in-Books: Twilight for the Gods / How to Do It / Please Don't Eat the Daisies / Life at Happy Knoll / Stillness at… (1958) — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Marquand, John Phillips
- Birthdate
- 1893-11-10
- Date of death
- 1960-07-16
- Burial location
- Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Place of death
- Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Middlebury, Vermont, USA
Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA - Education
- Harvard College (AB)
- Occupations
- novelist
- Relationships
- Phillips, John (son) (7)
- Organizations
- U.S. Army
Bread Loaf School of English - Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (1940)
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Epistolary Books (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 70
- Also by
- 40
- Members
- 2,573
- Popularity
- #9,985
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 71
- ISBNs
- 111
- Languages
- 4
- Favorited
- 4
Fun that this quote is in here, as I am reading this in said month!
It’s my first Mr. Moto book and if his name hadn’t been in the title, I wouldn’t have even noticed his few brief appearances early in the story!
From his reappearance to finding the plane the story bogs down. Way down. Lots and lots of talking. Pretty much from the point that everyone reaches the island, the story just falls flat. I'm not sure if I'll try another book in this series.… (more)