Adriana Spadoni Turner was the second wife of the famous turn of the century author and journalist, John Kenneth Turner. Mrs. Turner, an author in her own right,achieved success with two novels "The Swing of the Pendulum" and "The Noise of the World" which were published in the 1920's. Mrs. Turner was born in San Francisco of an Italian father, Joseph Spadoni, and English mother, Suzanne Chester, who were both immigrants. Adriana met John in New York, where they lived off and on, although both had roots in Carmel, and had been involved in the same circle of artists for many years. Early on, the Turners were passionate socialists. Mr. Turner was the author of Barbarous Mexico, an expose of corruption and slave labor in the Yucatan that many claim was the "spark that ignited the Mexican Revolution" in the early 1900s. Turner was part of the early artist colony at Carmel, and was close to George Sterling and many other writers and journalist who settled Carmel.
Adriana Spadoni Turner was the second wife of the famous turn of the century author and journalist, John Kenneth Turner. Mrs. Turner, an author in her own right,achieved success with two novels "The Swing of the Pendulum" and "The Noise of the World" which were published in the 1920's. Mrs. Turner was born in San Francisco of an Italian father, Joseph Spadoni, and English mother, Suzanne Chester, who were both immigrants. Adriana met John in New York, where they lived off and on, although both had roots in Carmel, and had been involved in the same circle of artists for many years. Early on, the Turners were passionate socialists. Mr. Turner was the author of Barbarous Mexico, an expose of corruption and slave labor in the Yucatan that many claim was the "spark that ignited the Mexican Revolution" in the early 1900s. Turner was part of the early artist colony at Carmel, and was close to George Sterling and many other writers and journalist who settled Carmel.
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