Deals with cowboy life. For bibliography, see Who’s Who in America.
Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn—novelist, poet.
Born at Norfolk, Virginia, 1876, but since childhood has lived in Vermont. Studied at Radcliffe, 1895-6. In 1915 some of her lyrics were published in a volume of short-stories called Hillsboro People, by her friend, Dorothy Canfield Fisher ([q. v.]).
Socialist, pacifist, and anti-vivisectionist. Strong propagandist element in her work. The Spinster is said to contain much autobiography.
Bibliography
- A Turnpike Lady. 1907. (Novel.)
- The Spinster. 1916. (Novel.)
- Fellow-Captains. 1916. (With Dorothy Canfield Fisher.) (Essays.)
- Portraits and Protests. 1917. (Poems.)
Studies and Reviews
- Nation, 112 (’21): 512.
- New Eng. M. n. s. 39 (’08): 236 (portrait).
- See also Book Review Digest, 1916, 1917.
Irvin S(hrewsbury) Cobb (Kentucky, 1876)—short-story writer, humorist, dramatist.
His reputation is built upon his stories of Kentucky life and his humorous criticisms of contemporary manners. For bibliography, see Who’s Who in America.