Helen E. Augur (died 1969) was an American journalist and historical writer. Augur was born in

Albert Lea, Minnesota Albert Lea ( ) is a city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, Freeborn County, in southern Minnesota. It is the county seat. Its population was 18,492 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is at the junction of Interstates Intersta ...

, and graduated from

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in 1916. She became a journalist in

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, leaving for a while after the war to become a correspondent for the ''

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'' in

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. She began writing for ''

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'' in 1932. In 1937 Augur had a "torrid, though short-lived love affair" with her second cousin,

Edmund Wilson Edmund Wilson Jr. (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer, literary critic, and journalist. He is widely regarded as one of the most important literary critics of the 20th century. Wilson began his career as a journalist, writing ...

. Augur wrote several books, including ''Zapotec.'' She died from

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, on September 15, 1969, and was buried in

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Works

* (tr.) ''Religious Conversion: A Bio-Psychological Study'' by

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. London & New York, 1927.

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. * ''An American Jezebel: The Life of

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'', 1930 * ''The Book of Fairs'', 1939 * ''Passage to Glory: John Ledyard's America'', 1946 * ''Tall Ships to Cathay'', 1951 * ''Zapotec'', 1954 * ''The Secret War of Independence'', 1955

References

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