Word: ailingham
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They Dare Not Go AHunting, a psychological study of the relations between a mother and her daughter, was inspired by a line from British Poet William Ailingham's The Fairies ("We daren't go ahunting for fear of little men"). Born (1919) Dorothea Graff in Pittsburgh (she married Du Pont Engineer Donovan Cornwell on leaving high school), Author Cornwell began her literary career writing book reviews for the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator, later turned to short-story writing. In 1942 she won second prize in a Story magazine short-story contest. A devotee of dancing, riding, dogs and South...
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