Peattie
Resources On the trail
of Donald Culross Peattie and
Louise Redfield Peattie
Visitors
to The
Grove National Historic Landmark in Glenview, Illinois
[1421 Milwaukee Ave.; (847) 299-6096] can walk through Redfield
House, where Donald Culross Peattie and Louise Redfield
Peattie lived in the 1930s while writing their books.
Some
can be found as used books on Amazon.com* (links provided
where available below). Or they can be located and purchased
through some book services such as biobliofind.com
or alibris.com.
The
papers, correspondence, and manuscripts of Donald Culross
Peattie and Louise Redfield are in the archives of the University
of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department
of Special Collections.
Address
inquiries to:
David
Tambo
Head of UCSB Special Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 tambo@library.ucsb.edu
Donald
Culross Peattie achieved his greatest fame with An
Almanac for Moderns (1935), which was awarded
the Limited Editions Club's gold medal. He also was author
of numerous other works, including:
Cargoes
and Harvests (1926)
Bounty
of Earth, with Louise Redfield Peattie (1926)
Up
Country, with Louise Redfield Peattie (1927)
Down
Wind, with Louise Redfield Peattie (1929)
Flora
of the Sand Dunes and the Calumet District of Indiana
(1930)
Vence,
the Story of a Provencal Town (1930)
Port
of Call, with Louise Redfield Peattie (1932)
Flora
of the Tryon Region of North and South Carolina (six parts;
1928-1932)
