Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Blanche Willis Howard

Born: July 21, 1847
Died: October 7, 1898 (aged 51)
Bio: Blanche Willis Howard was a best-selling American novelist who lived most of her productive years in southern Germany.
Known for:
- Tony, the maid (1887)
- Guenn; a wave on the Breton coast (1883)
- A fellowe and his wife (1892)
- Aunt Serena (1881)