Category: Arts & Entertainment, Literature, Authors
Item 1509
Mary Ellen Chase, author of Silas Crockett, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Media: Photographic print
Item 1510
Seba Smith, New York, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: New York Media: Ambrotype
Exhibit
Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Rebecca Sophie Clarke
Sophie May, whose real name was Rebecca Clarke, was the author of over 40 books between 1861 and 1903. She wrote the "Little Prudy Series" based on the little town of Norridgewock.
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
