Background
Keyes, Frances Parkinson was born on July 21, 1885 in Charlottesville. Virginia. Daughter of John Henry and Louise Fuller (Johnson) Wheeler.
Keyes, Frances Parkinson was born on July 21, 1885 in Charlottesville. Virginia. Daughter of John Henry and Louise Fuller (Johnson) Wheeler.
Educated private school, Boston. Switzerland and Berlin, Germany. Doctor of Letters, George Washington University, 1921, Bates College, Lewiston.
Maine, 1934, Diploma of Amis de Saumur. 1948; Doctor of Humane Letters, University of New Hampshire, 1951.
June 8, 1904 (died June 19, 1938). Children—Henry W., John P., Francis.
Author: The Old Gray Homestead. 1919
The Career of David Noble. 1921
Letters from a Senator’s Wife.1924
Queen Anne’s Lace, 1930. Silver Seas and Golden Cities, 1931. Lady Blanche Farm, 1931.Senator Marlowe’s Daughter. 1933
The Safe Bridge, 1934. The Happy Wanderer. 1935.Honor Bright. 1936
Written in Heaven. 1937
Capital Kaleidoscope. 1937
Parts Unknown, 1938.The Great Tradition, 1939. Along a Little Way, 1940. The Sublime Shepherdess.1940
Fielding’s Folly. 1940
The Grace of Guadalupe. 1941
All That Glitters, 1941.Crescent Carnival, 1942. Also the Hills, 1943. The River Road. 1945.Came a Cavalier. 1947. Once on Esplanade, 1947. Dinner at Antoine’s, 1948.Therese: Saint of a Little Way. 1950
All This Is Louisiana, 1950. The Cost of a Best-Seller, 1950.Joy Street, 1950
Steamboat Gothic. 1952
Bernadette of Lourdes, 1953. The Royal Box. 1954
Frances Parkinson Keyes Cookbook.1955
Mother of Our Saviour. 1955
The Blue Camellia, 1957. Land of Stones and Saints, 1957.Victorine. 1958
Station Wagon in Spain. 1959
Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World. 1959
Frances Parkinson Keyes’ Christmas Gift, 1959.The Third Mystic of Avila, 1960. Roses in December, 1960. The Chess Players, 1960.The Rose and the Lily, 1961. Madame Castel’s Lodger. 1962
A Treasury of Favorite Poems.1963
The Restless Lady and Other Stories, 1963. Three Ways of Love. 1963. The Explorer. 1964
I, the King.1966
Tongues of Fire, 1966. The Heritage, 1968
All Flags Flying. 1972. Past contributing editor Good Housekeeping traveller magazine: world trip as a representative in 1925-1926. also a trip through S. America, 1929-1930, also 10 trips to Europe and 1 to Persia, 1931.Intermittent contributor to numerous other publications On staff Our Lady of the Lake College, San Antonio. Texas, 1941. Editor: National History Magazine, public by D.A.R., 1937-1939. Lecturer. Awarded Siena Medal, 1946, as outstanding Catholic woman in the United States, medal Honor General Council Seine, 1950, Silver Medal French Recognition, 1951.Christopher award. 1953. Order Isabella the Catholic, 1958. Legion Honour, 1962
Mother Gerard Phelan medal, 1964.Sol de Peru. 1966.
Member National Society Colonial Dames, National Society Women Geographers. Clubs: National Women’s Press. Sulgrave (Washington).
Married Henry Wilder Keyes (formerly governor of New Hampshire, and United States senator). Children: Henry W., John P., Francis.