In a newly revised and expanded edition of this classic handbook of the art of hand-reading (palmistry), author/columnist Elizabeth Daniels Squire takes readers on a step-by-step journey of discovery. Includes illustrations, charts, and real-life examples utilizing the handprints of such notables as Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Salvador Dali, and others.
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Journalist, nationally syndicated columnist, and award-winning mystery writer Elizabeth Daniels Squire was born into a world of words on July 17, 1926. Her grandfather, Josephus Daniels, was a highly respected newspaper editor and publisher. He served as Secretary of the Navy during World War I and as American ambassador to Mexico under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her father, Jonathan Daniels, was press secretary both to FDR and to Harry Truman, and author of twenty-one books of history and biography. Her aunt, Ann Bridgers, was the author of Coquette, which made Helen Hayes and Mary Pickford stars. But still, writing did not come easily to Elizabeth. Due to a lifelong struggle with dyslexia, schoolwork especially reading and writing presented her with great difficulties. Yet, gifted with resilience and a desire to succeed, Elizabeth found ways to cope with her disability and graduated from Vassar College. Perhaps because of family history, but probably more from a desire to conquer her demons of dyslexia, Elizabeth chose a career in journalism. As a reporter, she covered murder trials, and as a nationally syndicated columnist, she wrote about the character and talents revealed by the handprints of such notables as Salvador Dali and Eleanor Roosevelt. But it s her work as a mystery writer for which she is best known. As do most accomplished writers, Elizabeth drew on her own experiences and personal knowledge when writing her mysteries. The idea for her first book came from something that happened to her grandfather who was shot at by someone upset by one of his editorials. In that case, the murder didn t happen; but in Elizabeth s Kill the Messenger, her first mystery (and the only one not starring her absent-minded sleuth, Peaches Dann), a newspaper publisher is murdered. The plot in another of her books, Forget About Murder, was based on the fact that her otherwise genteel grandmother once hid a still in her attic for a neighbor who was selling moons
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Now in a revised and expanded edition,
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This review is from: Fortune in Your Hand: The Art of Palmistry (Paperback)
Now in a revised and expanded edition, Fortune in Your Hand: The Art of Palmistry is a complete how-to guide to palm reading, as well as a comprehensive history of palmistry from prehistoric Indian and Gypsy traditions to the modern day. Featuring all the black-and-white illustrations of the original edition, including hand prints from such well-known figures as Salvador Dali, Carl Sandburg, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Helen Keller, Fortune in Your Hand covers how to make a map of one's own hand; different hand types; the mounts and lines of hands; the traits of a hand that suggest success, luck, or the lack thereof; fingerprints; reading the past and future; and many more fine nuances of the art. The new edition of Fortune in Your Hand is revised by the husband and son of the original author Elizabeth Daniels Squire, and based on her own notes. A bibliography and index round out this excellent standard for anyone interested in palmistry.
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palm section, long little finger, long ring finger, long middle finger, large thumb, developed mount, short thumb, knotty fingers, small thumb, tip section, smooth fingers, square tips Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount of Venus, Mount of Jupiter, Mount of Mercury, Mount of Luna, Mount of Mars, Mount of Saturn, Mounts of Mars, Girdle of Venus, Mount of Active Mars, Mount of Passive Mars, Plain of Mars, Ring of Solomon, Charlotte Wolff, Julius Spier, Anga Vidya, Jupiterian Hand, Mount of Ambition New!
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This book will help you know other people-and yourself, too. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
palm section, long little finger, long ring finger, long middle finger, large thumb, developed mount, short thumb, knotty fingers, small thumb, tip section, smooth fingers, square tips Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount of Venus, Mount of Jupiter, Mount of Mercury, Mount of Luna, Mount of Mars, Mount of Saturn, Mounts of Mars, Girdle of Venus, Mount of Active Mars, Mount of Passive Mars, Plain of Mars, Ring of Solomon, Charlotte Wolff, Julius Spier, Anga Vidya, Jupiterian Hand, Mount of Ambition New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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