Mary Catherine Crowley
Mary Catherine Crowley | |
---|---|
Born | Mary Catherine Crowley November 28, 1856 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | May 4, 1920 | (aged 63)
Pen name | Janet Grant |
Occupation | Author |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Genre | poetry, prose, novels, juvenile literature |
Subject | history of Detroit |
Relatives | Lochiel |
Mary Catherine Crowley (
Her later years were spent in New York City, where, from 1907, she edited the Catholic Missions Magazine and the Annals of the Propagation of the Faith. Crowley lectured extensively on art and literature, and was the author of several novels: Merry Hearts and True (1889), Happy'-Go-Lucky (1890), Apples, Ripe and Rosy (1893), The City of Wonders (1894), The Sentinel of Metz (1897), An Every Day Girl (1900), Tilderee (1900), A Daughter of New France (1901), The Heroine of the Straits (1902), Love Thrives in War (1903), and In Treaty with Honor (1906). She died in 1920.[1]
Early years and education
Mary Catherine Crowley was born on November 28, 1856,
Career
In the early 1880s, Crowley and her parents moved to Detroit,
A resident of Detroit for nearly ten years, Crowley made herself thoroughly familiar with the early history of that region, and from her acquaintance with old French families, and from the pages of old memoirs, she gathered the material for her first historical novel, The Heroine of the Strait. It is a romance of Detroit in the time of
Selected works
- 1889, Happy-go-lucky and other stories
- 1889, Merry hearts and true : stories from life
- 1890, An every-day girl
- 1892, Tramp and trinkets abroad, and other stories
- 1894, The City of Wonders : a souvenir of the Worlds̓ Fair
- 1898, The child crusaders, and other stories
- 1901, A daughter of New France. With some account of the gallant Sieur Cadillac and his colony on the Detroit.
- 1902, The heroine of the Strait; a romance of Detroit in the time of Pontiac
- 1903, Love thrives in war; a romance of the frontier in 1812
- 1906, In treaty with honor : a romance of old Quebec
References
- ^ a b c Pace 1922, p. 240.
- ^ Harvard University 1922, p. 69.
- ^ a b Burke 1909, p. 83.
- ^ a b c McBride 1897, p. 473.
- ^ Carty 2015, p. 382.
- ^ a b Logan 1912, p. 833.
- ^ Johnson, Bickford & Hudson 1903, p. 427-28.
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Burke, Bridget Ellen (1909). Literature and Art Books: Book one- (Public domain ed.). Educational Publishing Company. p. 83.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Harvard University (1922). Annals of the Harvard Class of 1852 (Public domain ed.). Privately printed.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Johnson, Alfred Sidney; Bickford, Clarence A.; Hudson, William W. (1903). The Cyclopedic Review of Current History. Vol. 12 (Public domain ed.). Evening News Association.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Logan, Mrs. John A. (1912). The Part Taken by Women in American History (Public domain ed.). Perry-Nalle publishing Company. p. 833.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: McBride, D. H. (1897). Immortelles of Catholic Columbian Literature: Compiled from the Work of American Catholic Women Writers (Public domain ed.). D. H. McBride.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Pace, Edward Aloysius (1922). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church (Public domain ed.). Encyclopedia Press.
Bibliography
- Carty, T.J. (December 2015). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95578-6.