Mistress Joy: A Tale Of Natchez In 1798 (1901) - Tapa dura

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Grace MacGowan Cooke (1863-1944) was born in Grand Rapids, Ohio, and her family resettled in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1865. She was in her mid-twenties when her writing was first published, and by the turn of the century she was an established author, with works appearing in 'Harper's, ' 'Munsey's, ' and the 'Atlantic Monthly.' At the age of 43, she left her husband and her Appalachian roots behind to pursue a career as a writer in New York City. She later lived with her two daughters and sister in artists' colonies in Englewood, New Jersey, and Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Elizabeth S.D. Englehardt is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at West Virginia University. She is the author of 'The Tangled Roots of Feminism, Environmentalism, and Appalachian Literature.' She lives in Morgantown, West Virginia.