Jessica Mitford
Born 1917 · Died 1996
From Asthall Manor, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: United States, United Kingdom · Writes nonfiction
Jessica Mitford is the next-to-the-last youngest of Lord and Lady Redesdale's six legendary daughters - ranging from the eldest, the late novelist Nancy Mitford, to the youngest, the present-day Duchess of Devonshire. She came to America in 1939, and lived in Oakland, California from the 1940s onward.
Books by Jessica Mitford in order
Books by Jessica Mitford in the order they were published, from Lifeitselfmanship, or, How to Become a Precisely-because Man (1956) to Decca (2006).
- 1Lifeitselfmanship, or, How to Become a Precisely-because ManLifeitselfmanship, or, How to Become a Precisely-because Man1956
- 2Hons and Rebels
Hons and Rebels1960 - 3The American Way of Death
The American Way of Death1963 - 4The Trial of Dr. Spock The Rev. W. Sloane Coffin Jr. , Micha
The Trial of Dr. Spock The Rev. W. Sloane Coffin Jr. , Michael Ferber, Mitchell Goodman and Marcus Raskin1969 - 5Kind and Usual Punishment
Kind and Usual Punishment1970 - 6A Fine Old Conflict
A Fine Old Conflict1977 - 7Poison Penmanship
Poison Penmanship1979What's in it (16)
- Trial by Headline
- St. Peter Don't You Call Me
- Proceed with Caution
- You-all and Non-you-all
- Americans Don't Want Fancy Funerals
- Something to Offend Everyone
- Don't Call It Syphillis
- Maine Chance Diary
- Let Us Now Appraise Famous Writers
- A Talk with George Jackson
- My Short and Happy Life as a Distinguished Professor
- The Best Frenemies
- Checks and Balances at the Sign of the Dove
- The Dove Strikes Back
- Waiting for O'Hara
- Egyptomania
- 8The Making of a Muckraker
The Making of a Muckraker1979 - 9Faces of Philip
Faces of Philip1984 - 10Grace Had an English Heart
Grace Had an English Heart1988 - 11The American Way of Birth
The American Way of Birth1992 - 12The American Way of Death Revisited
The American Way of Death Revisited1998 - 13Decca
Decca2006