Our first book follows Martyn while she chronicles, in words and sketches, the  suffragist movement, two political conventions, and the lives of noteworthy women and men during the tumultuous years of America's Progressive Era.

Here you'll find women marching for the vote, child workers dreaming of a better life, teenagers dancing the Bunny Hug in dimly lit clubs, long skirts and big hats.

​Criminals and politicians, artists and archbishops, corsets and conventions, romance and rebellion, Martyn covered them all, with sensitivity, wit and whimsy. 
       Clair Kenamore was a reporter with a camera on the Western Front; Marguerite Martyn stayed home with an interviewer’s pen and artist’s sketchbook. They were husband and wife. World War I forced them apart.
       He reported what he saw. Doughboy Sammy Goldberg coming back from the trenches with seventeen German prisoners. Blond French girls flirting in German with boisterous American troops. Men dying.
        Her imagination soared. Befuddled diners wondering how to get around wartime food regulations. A “lady colonel” standing on a soapbox. Negligée boudoir gowns.
        George Garrigues has woven together the writing and illustrations of these wartime journalists to create a unique and memorable perspective on World War I at home and abroad.
       It was in the newspapers, a hundred years ago. Read it and see it for the first time in a century.

                                         Reviews: 

 “Martyn was an excellent writer, but her features gave her a chance to display her secret weapon: an ability to illustrate her subjects in pen and ink.... Her descriptive writing style, which relied heavily on her interview subjects and her surroundings, truly set her work apart from the day's standard news stories.“  Frank Absher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“An influential and spunky woman, who I would have probably liked had we been born in the same lifetime. . . . If you like discovering new and interesting people and non fiction, this is the book for you.” Lea, www.Goodreads.com​

“. . . one can feel the power of her position . . . , writing  . . . with a feminine wit and insight that comes from being allowed proximity to the political figures of her time, as well as those surrounding the offices of government, including wives of people like presidential candidate William Howard Taft, to cardinals and archibishops of the Church, to some of the Suffrage movement's most powerful leaders, like Sylvia Pankhurst.” Melinda McKown,  www.Goodreads.com

​“It's been a while since I read something that I absolutely loved, but this book just fixed that. My sincere thanks to Garrigues for bringing this amazing journalist to my attention, and putting together such an interesting read. For those who find strength in the pioneering efforts of such women as Marguerite Martyn was, this book is a must-read.” Anna, www.Goodreads.com​

And More.....

A sampling of illustrations by Marguerite Martyn   

Writing by Martyn

New!
Beatrice Farnham on Civilization, American Indians, and Fashion    
America Is No Place for Babies, Says The Lady Hercules     
French Heels and Wooden Blocks
Nellie Bly Chases Business Prospects Out to a Brewery
Andrew Carnegie On Prosperity, Income Tax, and the Blessings of Poverty  
Marguerite Martyn  Interviews Theophile Papin: "What Is Society?"    ​

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