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Bowen

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Bow·en  (bn), Catherine Drinker 1897-1973.
American writer of semifictional biographies, such as The Lion and the Throne (1957), a life of Sir Edward Coke.
Bowen, Elizabeth Dorothea Cole 1899-1973.
Irish-born British writer best known for her novels, notably The House in Paris (1935) and The Heat of the Day (1949).
Bowen [ˈbəʊən]
n
(Biographies / Bowen, Elizabeth (Dorothea Cole) (1899-1973) F, Britishnational of birth: Irish, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: short-story writer) Elizabeth (Dorothea Cole). 1899-1973, British novelist and short-story writer, born in Ireland. Her novels include The Death of the Heart (1938) and The Heat of the Day (1949)


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I am forced to admit that even though I had traveled a long distance to place Bowen Tyler's manuscript in the hands of his father, I was still a trifle skeptical as to its sincerity, since I could not but recall that it had not been many years since Bowen had been one of the most notorious practical jokers of his alma mater.
The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
It was in this locality that Peg Bowen lived, and our way lay near her house though not directly in sight of it.
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Two months after, they learned from Bowen, commander of the Albemarle, that the debris of shipwrecked vessels had been seen on the coasts of New Georgia.
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