Alice Tisdale Hobart

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Alice Tisdale Hobart b. Nourse (born January 28, 1882 in Lockport , NY , † March 14, 1967 in Oakland , California ) was an American writer .

She married Earl Tisdale Hobart, an American businessman on June 29, 1914, with whom she lived in China for 20 years. She wrote travel reports and novels on the subject of the contrast between Eastern and Western mentality.

Her best known and most successful novel was Petroleum for the Lamps of China . Later novels set in Mexico and California and dealt with the social and industrial boom in the United States.

Works

  • China trilogy:
    • Petroleum for the lamps of China
    • Strom, you fate - novel about the Yangtze
    • House of Healing Hands (Yang and Yin)
  • The innocent dreamers
  • This earth is mine
  • Under the sign of the snake
  • Valley of unrest
  • The peacock wheel
  • Adventure in the Far East
  • In the homeland

Film adaptations

  • 1935: Oil for the Lamps of China ( Oil for the Lamps of China )
  • 1941: Escape to the Tropics ( Law of the Tropics ) - based on the novel Oil for the Lamps of China
  • 1959: This Earth is Mine - based on the novel The Cup and the Sword

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personal data
SURNAME Hobart, Alice Tisdale
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nourse, Alice (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Lockport , New York
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1967
Place of death Oakland , California