Lucretia Peabody Hale
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Lucretia Peabody Hale (2 September 1820-12 June 1900) American author born in Boston, Massachusetts to Nathan Hale and Sarah Preston Everett who had a total of eleven children. Lucretia's father, Nathan Hale, nephew and namesake of the patriot hero, was a lawyer and editor/owner of the Boston Daily Advertiser while her mother, also an author, was a sister of Edward Everett, a Unitarian minister and politician. Lucretia's brother Edward Everett Hale, was also a Unitarian minister as well as a prolific author in his own right.
[edit] Principal Works
Novels:
- Six of One by Half a Dozen of the Other, 1872
- The Wolf at the Door, 1877
Juvenile writings:
- The Peterkin Papers, 1880
- The Last of the Peterkins with Others of Their Kin, 1886
Books of Devotion:
- The Struggle for Life, 1861
- The Service of Sorrow, 1867
Miscellaneous:
- Designs in Outline for Art-Needlework, 1879
- Faggots for the Fireside, 1888
[edit] References
"Hale, Lucretia Peabody" American Authors 1600-1900, The H. W. Wilson Company, 1938
"HALE, Lucretia Peabody" Notable American Women, Vol. 2, 4th ed., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975
