Blanche McManus

Street of Mosques, Tunis, 1908

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

Biography

McManus was born on Talledega Plantation, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in 1870 and died in Louisiana on June 13, 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 parlor.^[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
• Blanche McManus at Library of Congress Authorities, with 45 catalog records