By the book trivia

[Gene C]

You are right Roger.

A very interesting woman. Her husband died in 1898, leaving her at the age of 29, with 5 children. She turned to writing in an effort to support her family. Her fisrt published book in 1900, "The Daughter of the Republican", sold 100,000 copies in 6 months. Her early works were "temperance novels", describng the sufferings of alcohol consumption. In 1919, she wrote "The Soul of Ann Rutledge" her most successful litereary work, even traveling to California to visit with Ann Rutledge's younger sister for her research. Her books contained many references to God and the Bible and tended towards historical fiction.

In the 1920's and 30's she became heavily involved with the Arkansas Museum of Natural History. She retired as director of the museum in 1953 at the age of 85. In 1959 she published her first and only book of poetry. She passed away in 1962, at the age of 94. A neighbor found her sitting with a manuscript in her hand.

There is so much more to tell about her and a fair amount on the internet about her. She was a remarkable woman.

http://ualrexhibits.org/characters/for-t...babcock-3/

https://books.google.com/books?id=FWvZxu...ck&f=false