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Hergesheimer

American  
[hur-guhs-hahy-mer] / ˈhɜr gəsˌhaɪ mər /

noun

  1. Joseph, 1880–1954, U.S. novelist.


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Claridge rather cruelly dismisses Hergesheimer as just a popular society novelist, though he was more than that, as readers of his novella “Wild Oranges ” know.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2016

During the 1920s her two favorite novelists were Joseph Hergesheimer and Carl Van Vechten.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2016

To make the realities of existence less onerous for some of them Author Hergesheimer did his best.

From Time Magazine Archive

Philadelphia society, according to Joseph Hergesheimer who likes parties and lives near there, is as dull as what the society editors write about it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although he is still comparatively a newcomer, a book with the signature of Mr. Joseph Hergesheimer is already something of a landmark in the publishing season.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

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