Author:Honoré Willsie Morrow

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Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880–1940)

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Born Nora Bryant McCue. American author known for her well-researched novels, the best known being the "Great Captain" trilogy, of Abraham Lincoln. She divorced her first husband, Henry Elmer Willsie, in 1922, and married William Morrow, the publisher. Pen names: Honoré Willsie, Honoré Willsie Morrow, Honoré Morrow

Works

(partial list)

• The Heart of the Desert (Kut-le of the Desert) (1913) (PG; IA)
• Still Jim (1915) (PG; IA)
• Benefits Forgot: A story of Lincoln and mother love (1917) non-fiction (transcription project)
• Lydia of the Pines (1917) (PG)
• The Forbidden Trail (1919) (PG; IA)
• The Enchanted Canyon (1921) (PG; IA)
• Judith of the Godless Valley (1922) (sl. as Godless Valley in Everybody's magazine, Jan. 1922 —)
• The Exile of The Lariat (1923) (sl. as The Lariat in Everybody's magazine, 1923)
• The Devonshers (1924) (sl. in Everybody's magazine, 1924) (external scan) (HT)

For information only:

• We Must March (1925)
• Seven Alone (1926)
• Splendor of God (1929)
• Splendid Journey
• Mary Todd Lincoln: an Appreciation of the Wife of Abraham Lincoln
• Great Captain (1930) trilogy:
  • Forever Free (1927)
  • With Malice Toward None (1928)
  • The Last Full Measure (1930)
• The Lincoln Stories of Honoré Morrow (1938), containing:
  • Benefits Forgot (1917)
  • Dearer Than All
  • The Lost Speech of Abraham Lincoln
• Demon Daughter (1939) (her last book)

Works from magazines

• What is America: a series on immigration(Collier's, Nov 9, 1912 to —) [IA]
• "Beatrice and the Rose" (ss) Munsey's Magazine June 1906
• "Afraid of the Dark" (ss) Harper's Weekly, Jan 10, 1914
• Desert Justice (1921, Everybody's) (novella)
• "The Pinto Stallion" (1921, Everybody's) (ss)
• "Find the Maverick" (1921, Everybody's) (ss)
• "Breaking the Blue Roan" (1921, Everybody's) (ss)