A. D. T. Whitney (1824–1906)
Auteur van Faith Gartney's Girlhood
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Werken van A. D. T. Whitney
The Gayworthys: A Story of Threads and Thrums 4 exemplaren
Hitherto: A Story of Yesterdays 3 exemplaren
Patience Strong's Outings 3 exemplaren
Biddy's Episodes 2 exemplaren
Square pegs 1 exemplaar
A Golden Gossip Neighborhood Story Number Two 1 exemplaar
Zerub Throop's experiment 1 exemplaar
Bonnieborough 1 exemplaar
Biddy's episodes 1 exemplaar
Faith Gartney's childhood 1 exemplaar
Friendly Letters to Girl Friends 1 exemplaar
Ascutney Street: A Neighborhood Story 1 exemplaar
Mother Goose for Grown Folks 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Adeline Dutton Train Whitney
- Geboortedatum
- 1824-09-15
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1906-03-20
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Milton, Massachusetts, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Milton, Massachusetts, USA
- Beroepen
- children's book author
poet
short story writer - Relaties
- Field, Caroline Leslie (daughter)
- Korte biografie
- A.D.T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a merchant family. She was educated from ages 13 to 18 at the private girls' school established by George Barrell Emerson. In 1843, she married Seth D. Whitney, a wealthy merchant 20 years her senior, and settled in Milton. She began writing seriously in her thirties, after her children started school. Her poems and stories first appeared in local journals. In 1859, she published Mother Goose for Grown Folks, followed by two novels, Boys at Chequasset (1861) and Faith Gartney's Girlhood (1862). Both were immediate successes. These and her many subsequent books for young people focused on the goodness of hearth and home. Mrs. Whitney privately opposed women's suffrage, and took no part in public life. Her daughter Caroline Leslie Field also became a writer.
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- Populariteit
- #218,811
- Waardering
- 4.3
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- 1
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- 17