The Unofficial Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin Page -- This is part of the Feminist Science Fiction site, maintained by Laura Quilter. See also this review of Angel Island.
Buying the Maida Books
Bookfinder -- This is an easy way to search the databases of many different booksellers, and there are always many Maida books listed.
eBay Search -- If you're looking for the Maida books, one way to find them is by searching on eBay. It's probably the biggest and best-known of the World Wide Web auction sites, and I have done very well there. Maida books are posted there all the time, so you might want to observe for a while before you jump in. You can also search the completed auctions to see how much the books have gone for in the recent past. This is also a great place to view various dust jackets.
Don't bid more than you really want to pay! The same titles come up over and over, so you'll have plenty of chances.
Beyond the Maida Books
If you want to read other books by Inez Haynes Irwin, you can search for them on Bookfinder and eBay, or request them from your local library through the interlibrary loan program. For best results, search under both Inez Haynes Irwin and Inez Haynes Gillmore. Books were published under both names, and the official Library of Congress name authority is Gillmore, Inez Haynes. This means that libraries and library databases will generall have all of her works filed under that form of name, no matter which name appears on the individual edition.
Inez Haynes Irwin wrote two books about California, The Californiacs and "The Native Son. Here are links to Project Gutenberg electronic text editions from the Books About California website.
The Californiacs |
The Native Son
And More...
Inez Haynes Irwin's signature -- A scanned image from the Purple House Press website.
Rufus Gillmore -- Here's a review of the writing of Inez Haynes Irwin's first husband, Rufus Gillmore. His mystery novel The Ebony Bed Murder is readily available at the used books sites.
I Remember Scituate -- 90 year old Daisy Thompson reminisces for the Scituate Historical Society, mentioning the Irwin summer home and their many (unlisted) famous guests.
