What was supposed to be simply another famous book for the final episode of Season 1 of The Gibson Girl Review turned into the biggest and most controversial episode yet! Amy and Jacinta hold nothing back as they dive deep into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1903), why it’s been forgotten, and its shocking similarities to the works of one of the world’s most beloved authors. Plus Amy brings our history segments about the life and career of Charles Dana Gibson to a poignant conclusion, sharing the story of his final career hurdles and reflecting upon the Gibson Girl’s legacy.
Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: Charles Dana Gibson, the Gibson Girl, the Gibson Man, Richard Harding Davis, beach reads, summer reading, audiobooks, LibriVox, old houses, historic preservation, Love Inspired, oil painting, Irene Gibson, Life Magazine, the Panic of 1907, Ziegfeld Follies, World War I, the Division of Pictorial Publicity, retirement, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, children’s books, Ben-Hur, controversy, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Shirley Temple, Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac, kindergarten, the Enneagram, Pollyanna, The Wheat Princess, John and Annie Bidwell, joy, loyalty, bullying, poetry, adoption, and plagiarism.