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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1901 novel by American author Alice Hegan Rice, about a southern family humorously coping with poverty. It was highly popular on its release, and has been adapted to film several times. The early editions of the book carry the author's birth name, Alice Caldwell Hegan.
CONTENTS. MRS. WIGGS'S PHILOSOPHY WAYS AND MEANS THE "CHRISTMAS LADY" THE ANNEXATION OF CUBY A REMINISCENCE A THEATER PARTY "MR. BOB" MRS. WIGGS AT HOME HOW SPRING CAME TO THE CABBAGE PATCH AUSTRALIA'S MISHAP THE BENEFIT DANCE. MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch: Directed by Ralph Murphy. With Fay Bainter, Hugh Herbert, Barbara Jo Allen, Carolyn Lee. In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Ralph Murphy
- 1942-10
Ever since her husband left for the Klondike gold fields three years earlier, Mrs. Elvira Wiggs has raised her children with a bounty of love in the poverty-stricken area known as the Cabbage Patch. When her son Billy finds an abandoned sick horse, Mrs. Wiggs works to revive the animal to help Billy with his wood-hauling business.
- Ralph Murphy, Harve Foster
- Fay Bainter
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- Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
- English
- 1901
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. 1914. 50m. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama. Mrs. Wiggs, a loving mother whose husband has abandoned her, supports her many children and lives in hope of her husband's return. Director. Harold Entwistle. Writers. Alice Hegan Rice. Anne Crawford Flexner. Stars. Beatriz Michelena. Blanche Chapman. Andrew Robson.
Dec 30, 2020 · A 1901 novella by American author Alice Hegan Rice {writing as Alice Caldwell Hegan], telling of a southern family's humorously coping with poverty. The title character is a widow with several daughters—named after the continents, because she thinks that geographical names are refined—and an employed young son.
