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HistoryBlair Niles was the grand-daughter of Sara Rice Pryor and Roger Pryor, and the daughter of Marie Gordon Pryor. Her unique namesake, "Mary Blair," is shared with her Aunt, Mary Blair Pryor, her cousin Mary Blair Walker Zimmer, and several other women in her lineage. The first wife of oceanographer William Beebe, Niles also wrote under the name of Mary Blair Beebe. She lived among indigenous peoples in Mexico, South America, and Southeast Asia. In 1923, she published Casual Wanderings in Ecuador. Colombia: Land of Miracles followed in 1924, and Peruvian Pageant in 1937. In these books she linked contemporary culture with the past by exploring history, traditions, and legends. She visited the notorious Devil's Island in 1926 and recorded the life of a prisoner there (René Belbenoit) in her 1928 best selling biography: Condemned to Devil's Island. The international sensation caused by this book led to prison reforms. Her 1931 book, Strange Brother, was a gay-themed novel (her only work in that genre) set in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance.[2] Honorable recognitionIn 1944, Blair Niles was awarded the Gold medal of the Society of Woman Geographers.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} BibliographyNon-fiction
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References1. ^Slide, Anthony. Lost Gay Novels: A Reference Guide to Fifty Works from the First Half of the Twentieth Century, (Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press), page 137. 2. ^{{cite book|author=Stryker, Susan|title=Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback|location= San Francisco|publisher= Chronicle Books|date= 2001| page= 97| isbn= 978-0-8118-3020-1| edition =1st}} External links
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