Mary Mapes Dodge (26 January , 1831–21 August 1905) was an American children's writer and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting American literature refers to written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12 Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates is a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865.
Mary was born Mary Elizabeth Mapes to Prof. James Jay Mapes and Sophia Furman in New York City. She acquired a good education under private tutors. In 1851 she married the lawyer William Dodge. Within the next four years she gave birth to two sons, James and Harrington. In 1857, William faced serious financial difficulties and left his family in 1858. A month after his disappearance his body was found dead from an apparent drowning, and Mary Mapes Dodge became a widow.
In 1859 she began writing and editing, working with her father to publish two magazines, the Working Farmer and the United States Journal. Within a few years she had great success with a collection of short stories, The Irvington Stories (1864), and a novel was solicited. Dodge responded with Hans Brinker, an instant bestseller.
Later in life she was an associate editor of Hearth and Home, edited by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14 1811 – July 1 1896 was an American Author and Abolitionist, whose Novel Uncle Tom's Cabin She had charge of the household and children's departments of that paper for many years. She became an editor in her own right with the children's St. Nicholas Magazine, for she was able to solicit stories from a number of well-known writers including Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist Louisa May Alcott ( November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American Novelist. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in St. Nicholas became one of the most successful magazines for children during the second half of the nineteenth century, with a circulation of almost 70,000 children.
Dodge is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, New Jersey. Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory is a Cemetery and Crematorium located at 1137 North Broad Street Hillside, Union County, New Jersey Hillside is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. [1]
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Principal Works
Prose
- Irvington Stories, 1864
- Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates, 1865 (another famous edition is illustrated by René Follet)
- A Few Friends and How They Amused Themselves, 1869
- Baby Days, 1876
- Donald and Dorothy, 1883
- Baby World, 1884
- The Land of Pluck, 1894
Verse
- Rhymes and Jingles 1874
- Along the Way 1879
- When Life Is Young 1894
References
- ^ Mary Mapes Dodge, Find A Grave. Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates is a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. René Follet (born April 10, 1931) sometimes known by the Pen name Ref, is a Belgian illustrator Comics Writer Find A Grave is a Website allowing its users to access maintain and expand an online Database of Burial records Accessed August 26, 2007. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Sources
- "Dodge, Mary Elizabeth (Mapes)" American Authors 1600-1900 The H. W. Wilson Company, New York, 1938
- Howard Brown, John, The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, The Biographical Society, 1904. Google Books
External links
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