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    Cyrus Colter
    City of light; The Hippodrome; The rivers of Eros...
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    Ben Hecht
    A child of the century; Gargoyles; Miss lonelyhearts...
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    William Maxwell
    All the days and nights; The chateau; They came like swallows...
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Doris Davenport

Born: January 1, 1917 in Moline, Illinois
Died: June 18, 1980

Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Davenport was born in Moline, Illinois.

Biography: Davenport was an American film actress.

Awards:

Doris Davenport on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=doris++davenport

Selected Titles

  Eat thunder & drink rain :
ISBN: 0960868003 OCLC: 10349918
Madness like morning glories :
ISBN: 0807129917 OCLC: 56591526

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