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Alice French (Octave Thanet): Introduction
Links to our available sources for Davenport author Alice French, known by her pen name Octave Thanet
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Biographical Sketch
Alice French and Octave Thanet
"Primary Selections from Special Collections" Blog Posts
The Art of (Alice) French Cooking
Publication Date: December 8, 2008
Details of the Christmas dinner Miss French cooked in her Davenport home at 321 East 10th Street for her family in 1912.
It’s Ratified! Women’s Suffrage Amendment Passes
Publication Date: August 18, 2020
Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
Sources for the Study of Davenporters’ Experiences in WWI
Publication Date: May 4, 2018
Local Davenport author Alice French (writing under her pseudonym Octave Thanet) dramatized the struggle that many mothers of soldiers surely experienced in And the Captain Answered (SC FIC Tha)
The Weekly Outlook: D.N. Richardson and Ads of Interest
Publication Date: February 10, 2011
Guest author Octave Thanet (Alice French) wrote an artistic sketch of David Nelson Richardson.
The Weekly Outlook: French, Terpsichore, and Night Blooms
Publication Date: November 15, 2010
Volume 1 Number 6 – August 15, 1896 features Alice French (Octave Thanet) on the front page.
What Was In The Water In Davenport? – Books about Davenport Writers
Publication Date: February 24, 2023
Journey to obscurity: the life of Octave Thanet by George L. McMichael
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