Inez Haynes Gillmore: 5 books

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerAlso Includes “Friend Island”Featured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” When five shipwrecked sailors land on an island inhabited by five beautiful winged women, it seems like paradise. That is, until the men feel compelled to...

California, which produces the maximum of scenery and the minimum of weather; California, which grows the biggest men, trees, vegetables and fleas in the world, and the most beautiful women, babies, flowers and fruits; California, which, on the side, delivers a yearly crop of athletes, boxers, tennis...

The only drawback to writing about California is that scenery and climate— and weather even— will creep in. Inevitably anything you produce sounds like a cross between a railroad folder and a circus program. You can't discuss the people without describing their background; for they reflect it perfectly;...

"... so I'll answer your questions in the order you ask them. No, I don't want ever to fly again. My last pay-hop was two Saturdays ago and I got my discharge papers yesterday. God willing, I'll never again ride anything more dangerous than a velocipede. I'm now a respectable American citizen, and for...