Ann Waldron Books In Order

The Princeton Murders

Professor McLeod Delaney gets her first course in crime as the hallowed halls of one of the world’s great universities offers an unexpected education in murder. At Princeton, English professors are being targeted by an intellectual with a grudge.

Death of a Princeton President

When Princeton’s first female president is strangled, Professor McLeod Delaney must face the administration’s stonewalling and a host of shady suspects to discover who placed her highly esteemed former colleague on permanent sabbatical.

Unholy Death in Princeton

Prize winning journalist McLeod Dulaney is back and under suspicion after she literally stumbles over a corpse packed into a garment bag. To clear her name, she must investigate some shadowy goings on at the Princeton Seminary, where someone may have just broken the Sixth Commandment.

A Rare Murder in Princeton

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Prizewinning journalist McLeod Dulaney is taking a break from teaching to research her biography on an abolitionist newspaperman lynched back in 1837. But a death in the present takes precedence, after McLeod literally stumbles over a naked body packed into a garment bag – and the police come up with the wild notion that McLeod may be involved.

The Princeton Impostor

Professor McLeod Dulany’s unassuming star student, Greg Pierre, actually is assuming a false name, that is. When the student who outed him is found murdered, suspicion falls on Pierre. But McLeod believes in Pierre’s innocence, and now must trace the clues left behind to find a killer’s true identity.

The House on Pendleton Block

When the Ransoms pick up and move from Georgia to Texas, twelve year old Chrissie has grave misgivings about her new home. Lonely and left on her own, she spends most of her time exploring the once fashionable mansion her family has rented. Hamilton House intrigues her: Its secret passageways, the attic crammed with antiques and memories, and especially its former owner, the late Alberta Hamilton, who had a lot of secrets. With the help of her new friend Camilla, Chrissie finally ties up the loose ends of Alberta’s life and unravels the intrigues of Hamilton House.

The Integration of Mary-Larkin Thornhill

Integration had come to Stonewall, but it soon seemed obvious that the only white seventh graders in the black Phyllis Wheatley Junior High would be Mary Larkin Thornhill, the Presbyterian minister’s daughter, and Critter Kingsley, the messiest boy in town. The situation might have pleased a dauntless crusader, but Mary Larkin had been looking forward all summer to such junior high pleasures as cheerleading and dances.

The Luckie Star

Quincy was not the star of her family; in fact she had no talent in any art medium whatsoever. She wanted to be a scientist! Worse, she wanted to explore space via her telescope. Despite her family’s teasing, she explored the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter while everyone else swam, sailed, and worked on the Summer Show. A fortuitous hurricane changed attitudes, washed up sunken treasure, and complicated Quincy’s life even more!

Scaredy Cat

Because of the Lindbergh kidnapping, Jane was scared to death of being kidnapped. She didn’t dare go home by the alley, lest a kidnapper grab her. Yet she had to get home, and fast, to read the Birmingham News and the latest about the Lindberghs. The papers were full of nothing else except the depression, which held no interest whatsoever for her. When her family moved to the country for the summer she felt much safer. It was a real shock when a fearless pain in the neck like Phyllis McRipley or a natural wonder like Mindy Hubbard could feel quite different.

The French Detection

Everyone agreed that thirteen year old Bessie Hightower was strong willed. Some simply called her pigheaded. But no matter what people said, Bessie knew what she wanted: To spend some time in France. A country that had produced a woman like Joan of Arc had Bessie’s admiration. France was much more exciting that Texas. When she arrived, the police came to the boarding house she was staying in and checked everyone’s passports. It was just like something out of a spy movie. Then she learned that someone wanted her hosts evicted and that the police meant business. So she decided to do some detective work. And Bessie, not one to surrender easily, lived up to her reputation.

The Bluebury Collection

Bluebury, New Jersey, is a town that should have no mysteries. But there was a stationery store that did not sell any stationery! Bessie Hightower decided to investigate and found everyone in Louie’s Luncheonette stared at her suspiciously after she began. She took matters into her own hands and discovered the Mob controlled numbers racket was going on all over town and no one was doing anything to stop it. She was out to discover the identity of the bagman who collected the bets and to crack the racket in her town even if it meant taking on the Mob alone. Of course she got tangled up in more trouble than even she could have imagined.

Claude Monet

The first biography of Monet written especially for young readers. This highly readable text traces Monet’s life as a young boy in LeHavre, his studies in Paris, and his eventual achievement of international renown in his forties. 53 illustrations, 33 in full color.

Hodding Carter

A vividly written biography of Hodding Carter, a combative man who defied public and private disapproval, attempts at economic coercion, and even threats of physical violence to lead the way in the struggle for civil rights in the embattled South of the 1950s and ’60s. Illustrated.

Eudora

Eudora Welty is a beloved institution of Southern fiction and American literature, whose closely guarded privacy has prevented a full scale study of her life and work until now.A significant contribution to the world of letters, Ann Waldron’s biography chronicles the history and achievements of one of our greatest living authors, from a Mississippi childhood to the sale of her first short story, from her literary friendships with Katherine Anne Porter and Elizabeth Bowen to her rivalry with Carson McCullers. Elegant and authoritative, this first biography to chart the life of a national treasure is a must have for Welty fans and scholars everywhere.

Who Was Claude Monet?

Claude Monet is considered one of the most influential artists of all time. He is a founder of the French Impressionist art movement, and today his paintings sell for millions of dollars. While Monet was alive, however, his work was often criticized and he struggled financially. With over one hundred black and white illustrations, this book unveils a true portrait of the artist!