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249:(in which he worked) which he stated was a "wholly and solely a woman's world—a completely feminine world" subject to "tender-minded feminine control." Pease believed that this resulted in a paucity of male authors, depressed wages and a lack of realism in children's stories. Pease expounded these views in an address he delivered in 1939 at an
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all cited Pease's stories as childhood influences. Actor
Richard Crenna as a youth, would often take the bus line to Los Angeles City Library to read Howard Pease Tod Moran stories. Reflected Dirda: "For a long period also I sought out the work of Howard Pease, old-fashioned nautical adventures
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tone offended many and damaged his case. Nevertheless, Pease's speech provoked discussion in the field and led to, among other things, a review of the criteria by which the
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as the novels – sometimes referred to as "the Tod Moran mysteries" – progress. Recurring characters in the Tod Moran novels are his friends in the
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and eight Tod Moran novels. He wanted to branch out beyond the creative constraints imposed by the Tod Moran series, but his editor at
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426:(1939) - "What Happened to Tod Moran when he Traveled South into Old Mexico"
462:(1948) - "Being A True And Faithful Account Of The Making Of An Adventurer"
450:(1944) - A mystery set in San Francisco in 1905, semi-sequel to Long Wharf
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384:(1931) - The Story of Larry Matthews and his dog Sambo,
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Araby (1953) - Tod Moran returns to the South
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632:"Discovering the world of literature"
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