Blanche McManus

Blanche McManus' Street of Mosques, Tunis, 1908.

Blanche McManus (1869–1935)^[1] was an American writer and artist.

Personal information

She and her husband, Milburg Francisco Mansfield, wrote a series of illustrated travel books, many of which contained automobiles which were new at the time. She was born in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana in 1870 and died in Louisiana on 13 June 1935.^[2]

McManus inherited Hampton Hall, a historic mansion in Woodville, Mississippi, with her two sisters in 1909.^[3] She did the murals in the parlour.^[3]

Publishing history

Chronological Publishing History of Books Authored/Illustrated by Blanche McManus and Francis Miltoun:
Note: * - Additional titles provided by the Rare Book Dept., Boston Public Library.
Many of these books may have only been cover design illustrations by Blanche McManus.

References

External links

• Works by Blanche McManus at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Blanche McManus at Internet Archive
• Works by Blanche McManus at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• The True Mother Goose
• The Voyage of the Mayflower
• Told in the Twilight: Stories to Tell Children
• Bachelor Ballads
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Cathedrals of Southern France
• Our Little English Cousin
• Our Little French Cousin
• Our Little Scotch Cousin
• Our Little Dutch Cousin
• Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces
• The Spell of Algeria and Tunisia
• Our Little Egyptian Cousin
• Our Little Belgian Cousin
• The American Woman Abroad
• UNCG American Publishers' Trade Bindings: Blanche McManus