Winifred Sanford by Betty Holland Wiesepape - 9781477328002

Winifred SanfordThe Life and Times of a Texas Writer\nAuthor(s): Betty Holland Wiesepape\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477328002, 978-1477328002\nSynopsis\nWinifred Sanford is generally regarded by critics as one of the best and most important early twentieth-century Texas women writers, despite publishing only a handful of short stories before slipping into relative obscurity. First championed by her mentor, H. L. Mencken, and published in his magazine, The American Mercury, many of Sanfords stories were set during the Texas oil boom of the 1920s and 1930s and offer a unique perspective on life in the boomtowns during that period. Four of her stories were included in The Best American Short Stories of 1926. \n\n Questioning the sudden end to Sanfords writing career, Wiesepape, a leading literary historian of Texas women writers, delved into the authors previously unexamined private papers and.