Caroline Ticknor
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Caroline Ticknor, (1866-1937) (aged 70) was an American biographer and short story writer. During her lifetime, she published biographies of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott, among others.
Early life
[edit]Ticknor was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1866. Her parents were Benjamin H. Ticknor and Caroline Cushman Ticknor. Her paternal grandfather was William Ticknor, co-founder of the publishing house Ticknor and Fields.[1][2]
Ticknor reportedly began writing at the age of eighteen.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1898, Ticknor became an editor of the International Library of Famous Literature.[2] In addition to books, Ticknor also published short stories in several magazines, including The Atlantic,[3] Cosmopolitan, and New England Magazine.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- A hypocritical romance, and other stories (1896)[4]
- Miss Belladonna; a child of to-day (1897)[4]
- "The Steel-Engraving Lady and the Gibson Girl," The Atlantic (1901)[3]
- Miss Belladonna; a social satire (1902)[4]
- A poet in exile; early letters of John Hay (1910, with Bruce Rogers and John Henry Nash)[4]
- Hawthorne and His Publisher (1913, about Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Ticknor)
- Poe's Helen (1916, about Sarah Helen Whitman)
- Glimpses of Authors (1922)
- Classic Concord, as portrayed by Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and the Alcotts (1926)
- May Alcott: A Memoir (1928, about Abigail May Alcott Nieriker)
Death
[edit]Ticknor died in her home in Jamaica Plain, Boston on May 11, 1937.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Ticknor, Caroline | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ a b c TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (1937-05-12). "CAROLINE TICKNOR, AUTHOR AND EDITOR; Boston Publisher's Descendant Dies--One of Her Last Books Was 'May Alcott'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ a b Ticknor, Caroline (1901-07-01). "The Steel-Engraving Lady and the Gibson Girl". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ a b c d "Caroline Ticknor (Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937) | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-07.