Diane of the Green Van

441 pp. Four duochrome plates by Reginald Birch (frontispiece, three in text). "Diane of the Green Van was awarded the $10,000.00 prize in a novel contest in which over five hundred manuscripts were submitted." "Diane of the Green Van is a highly improbable Ruritanian romance whose plot involves an heiress who spends a year camping up and down the east coast in a caravan, the intrigues of a European kingdom called Houdania, a missing document, and any number of disguises.[7] A contemporary reviewer wrote that while it was not very original it was romantic and amusing enough to hold the reader's attention.[8] In 1919 it was made into a movie of the same title starring Alma Rubens."--Wikipedia ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Leona Dalrymple (February 11, 1884 in Passaic, Passaic, NJ – Oct 22, 1968 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT) was an early 20th century American author of novels, short stories, and plays."--Wikipedia