Barr, Amelia E., 1831-1919
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Barr, Amelia E., 1831-1919
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Barr, Amelia E. (Amelia Edith), 1831-1919
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Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston, 1831-1919
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Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston, 1831-1919
Barr, Amelia
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Barr, Amelia E.
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Barr, Amelia E. (Amelia Edith Huddleston), 1831-1919
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Barr, Amelia E. (Amelia Edith Huddleston), 1831-1919
Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Barr, Amelia Edith
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Barr, Amelia Edith, 1831-1919
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Barr, Amelia E. 1831-1919 (Amelia Edith Huddleston),
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American novelist.
Journalist and author of historical fiction, Amelia Barr was the author of dozens of novels, including Remember the Alamo (1888) and The Paper Cap (1918).
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr was born in England and emigrated to America with her husband. Faced with supporting herself after yellow fever claimed her husband and several of their children, she turned to writing at the age of thirty-nine. She produced numerous novels, short stories, and poems, appealing to a modest popular audience through imagination, character development, and moral optimism.
American novelist and author.
Amelia Barr (1831-1919) was a novelist. She was born in England and married Robert Barr. After he lost his fortune, they came to America, living briefly in Chicago and Memphis before settling in Austin, Texas in 1856. Robert barr became and auditor for Texas. In the 1867 Yellow Fever epidemic, Robert Barr and three sons died, leaving Amelia Barr a widow with three daughters. She moved to New York, became a governess briefly, and then turned to a successful writing career. She is best known for the her books Jan Vedder's Wife (1888) and Remember the Alamo (1885). She died in New York in 1919.
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