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* ''No Other White Men'' (Dutton, 1937)
* ''No Other White Men'' (Dutton, 1937)
* ''The Shenandoah'' (Rivers of America, 1945); reprint 2011 West Virginia University Press {{ISBN|9781933202969}}
* ''The Shenandoah'' (Rivers of America, 1945); reprint 2011 West Virginia University Press {{ISBN|9781933202969}}
* ''Cloud On The Land,'' (Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1951)
* ''A Valley and a Song: The Story of the Shenandoah River'' (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963)
* ''A Valley and a Song: The Story of the Shenandoah River'' (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963)
* ''Harvest: Collected Works of Julia Davis'' (Jefferson County Oral and Visual History Association, 1992)
* ''Harvest: Collected Works of Julia Davis'' (Jefferson County Oral and Visual History Association, 1992)

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Julia Davis Adams
Born(1900-07-23)July 23, 1900
Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 30, 1993(1993-01-30) (aged 92)
Pen nameF. Draco
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
GenreChildren's historical novels; mystery fiction (as Draco)
Notable works

Julia Davis Adams (July 23, 1900 – January 30, 1993)[1][2] was an American writer best known for her young adult books, historical and biographical novels and dramas.

Adams was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, to lawyer and statesman John W. Davis and Julia Leavell McDonald Davis. She attended Wellesley College, and graduated from Barnard College in 1922. She was also an active social worker and a journalist.[3]

Selected works

  • The Swords of the Vikings: Stories from the Works of Saxo Grammaticus (E. P. Dutton, 1928), retold by Davis
  • No Other White Men (Dutton, 1937)
  • The Shenandoah (Rivers of America, 1945); reprint 2011 West Virginia University Press ISBN 9781933202969
  • Cloud On The Land, (Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1951)
  • A Valley and a Song: The Story of the Shenandoah River (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963)
  • Harvest: Collected Works of Julia Davis (Jefferson County Oral and Visual History Association, 1992)

Davis wrote two Murray Hill mystery novels, published as by F. Draco:

References

  1. ^ "Julia Davis Adams is One of Clarksburg's Most Published and Celebrated Authors". Connect Clarksburg. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  2. ^ "Julia Davis Adams dead at age 92". The New York Times. 2 February 1993. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "Julia Davis." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 31 Mar. 2015.
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