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Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge (January 26, 1831 – August 21, 1905) was an American children's author and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker. She was the recognized leader in juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century.
Aug 17, 2024 · Mary Mapes Dodge (born Jan. 26, 1831, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Aug. 21, 1905, Onteora Park, N.Y.) was an American author of children’s books and the first editor of St. Nicholas magazine.
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Poet Mary Mapes Dodge was born into an academic family in New York, and was educated at home by tutors. At 20 she married a lawyer with whom she had two children. After her husband’s death seven years later, Dodge began her writing career to support her sons.
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- Editing, Writing, and Hans Brinker
- Making St. Nicholas Magazine A Success
- At Home in The Catskills
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Mary’s father employed her in his magazine publishing company as a writer and editor, and she took to both tasks with talent and diligence. Parallel to her steady work, she wrote stories and found a ready market for them in the popular magazines of the day. A collection of short stories, The Irvington Stories (1864) was her first published book and...
As an editor, Mary Dodge had progressive ideas on what made good reading for children. She put her philosophy into action as the editor of a new children’s magazine, St. Nicholas, which in 1873 published its first issue. She believed that children deserved wholesome yet entertaining fare with beautiful visuals, unlike the preachy pablum and dull il...
Mary’s adopted home of the New York Catskills came by way of traveling in Europe. There she met design pioneer Candace Wheeler, who invited her to join a group that maintained a summer colony of cottages in the Catskill mountains in upstate New York. She loved the area so much that she built a cottage and named it “Yarrow” after the flowers that gr...
On this site 1. How Mary Mapes Dodge Came to Write Hans Brinker Major Works 1. The Irvington Stories(1864) 2. Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates(1865) 3. A Few Friends and How They Amused Themselves(1869) 4. Theophilus and Others(1876) 5. Donald and Dorothy(1883) 6. Baby World(1884) 7. The Land of Pluck(1884) More information 1. Wikipedia 2. Mary M...
“Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky, It turns and turns to say ‘Good-by! Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!’ Then lightly travels on its way.” . . . . . . . . . . . “Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be; Yet oh, how dear it is to us, this life we live and see!” . . . . . . . . . . . “There is not a richer or more carefully tilled ga...
Dodge, Mary Mapes (1831–1905) American, known for her important contributions to children's literature, both as author of Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates and as editor of St. Nicholas. Born Mary Elizabeth Mapes in New York City on January 26, 1831 (some sources cite 1803 or 1838); died of cancer in Onteora, New York, on August 21, 1905 ...
Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905) was an American children’s book author born in Newark, New Jersey. At the age of 28, she became a widow with two young children. Determined to support her family, she began writing children’s stories, which she first read her stories to her own children.
