Name Lucretia Hale Nieces Ellen Day Hale Siblings Edward Everett Hale | Parents Nathan Hale Role Journalist | |
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Died June 12, 1900, Belmont, Massachusetts, United States Nephews Philip Leslie Hale, Arthur Hale, Alexander Hale Books The Peterkin Papers, The last of the Peterkins, The Queen of the Red Chessmen, complete Peterkin papers, The Last of the Peterkins | ||
Lucretia Peabody Hale (September 2, 1820 – June 12, 1900) was an American journalist and author.
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Biography
Hale was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and educated at George B. Emerson's school there. Subsequently she devoted herself to literature, and was a member of the Boston School Committee for two years.
Principal works
Hale published numerous stories in periodicals and newspapers, some of which were collected in books.
Novels:
Juvenile writings:
Books of devotion:
Miscellaneous:
Family
Hale's parents were Nathan Hale and Sarah Preston Everett, who had a total of eleven children. Nathan Hale, nephew and namesake of the Nathan Hale the patriot hero, was a lawyer and editor/owner of the Boston Daily Advertiser while her mother, also an author, was a sister of Edward Everett, a Unitarian minister and politician. Lucretia's brother, Edward Everett Hale, was also a Unitarian minister as well as a prolific author in his own right.