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"Yeah, Minnesota's cold...
but a romance novel & your MFFLRR will keep you warm!"
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Early Minnesota Romance Authors Project
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The EARLY MINNESOTA ROMANCE AUTHORS PROJECT had its inception when the not-so-trivial question, "Who was the earliest MN romance novelist?", was asked. We have found that there is no simple answer to this question. To begin with the term 'romance' had to be clearly defined. The Romance Writers of America's definition requires that two basic elements comprise every romance novel: a central love story and an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. During the research, much information has been found that doesn't actually answer this question. This information was considered both interesting, as well as important to getting the "bigger picture" of the history of Minnesota romance authors. The research has been full of many twists & turns, but many treasures have turned up. We have included some of the resultant authors and titles here on this page. If working on this project sounds interesting to you, or you have some information that you feel should be included in this project, please contact MFFLRR. mfflrr@netscape.net
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"So it was nothing but a love story after all. True; but is there so much love in the world that there is no longer any need of telling its story?"
- Lily A. Long (St. Paul), from her message to the reader concluding A Squire of Low Degree (1890)
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1915
UP THE ROAD WITH SALLIE
Frances Roberta Sterrett, 1869-1947
New York; London: D. Appleton & Co.
Sallie Waters, of Up the Road with Sallie , is a 'light-minded' girl (read 'not boring') from Waloo, Minnesota, who kidnaps her very serious Great-aunt Martha, and together they have a great adventure. They travel in Sallie's roadster up the Mississippi river road. When they meet 2 gentlemen, Sallie gives them an alias, 'Sallie Smith', and coincidentally the gentlemen go by the highly suspect names of 'Smith Jones' and 'John Johnson'. Sallie & her aunt think that they are gentlemen robbers, while the gents think that the ladies are beautiful thieves. This story is fun, filled with mistaken identities, a sweet romance between Sallie & Smith Jones, and a 'corking' good read! The few illustrations in the book give the reader a nice image of the times. Up the Road with Sallie, was released in 1918 as a silent film, starring Constance Talmadge.
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Frances Roberta Sterrett (1869-1947), was born in Red Wing, graduated from St Paul High School, and lived in Mpls. For a while she was editor of the Womens Dept of the Mpls. Journal.
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1929
EARLY CANDLELIGHT
Maud Hart Lovelace
New York; The John Day Co.
Many people might be surprised to see the author of the Betsy-Tacy series included in the Early MN Romance Authors Project. However, Early Candlelight, is a wonderful story that truly belongs, as it is surely a romance by our definition. Delia DuGay & Jasper Page's relationship unfolds throughout this complex history of Ft. Snelling, circa 1830. The tale is very filled with interesting and factual characters and events that she researched while working at the MN Historical Society (she moved to St Paul while writing this book).
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I would recommend this book to anyone, but especially to Minnesota romance readers. 'Early Candlelight' was reissued for the Minnesota Territory Centennial(1949) & for the 100th anniv of Lovelace's birth(1992).
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This dustjacket is from the 1949 reissue by the University of Minnesota Press for the Minnesota Territory Centennial.
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Maud Hart Lovelace
1892-1980, Mankato, MN
Author of Early Candlelight & the Betsy-Tacy series
picture, circa 1931
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1917
ENCHANTED HEARTS
Doubleday, Page & Co:Garden City; New York
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