{"id":1399,"date":"2011-07-18T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T18:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2018-07-18T12:24:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T19:24:29","slug":"johnston-mary-1870-1936","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1399","title":{"rendered":"JOHNSTON, MARY, 1870-1936"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writer. Born–November 21,\u00a01870, Buchanan, Boutetort County, Va. Parents– John William and Elizabeth Dixon (Alexander) Johnston. Education– largely self-taught; read widely on her own; attended Atlanta Female Institute for a few months in 1887. Moved to Birmingham, Ala. about 1886; took charge of the household at her mother’s death in 1889; accompanied her father on European trips in 1890 and 1893. Wrote her first historical romance, Prisoners of Hope, in 1898 to bolster the family fortunes. Wrote a total of 23 novels, two long narrative poems, and one play\u00a0during her lifetime;\u00a0 became one of the most popular novelists of her day.\u00a0Novel To Have and to Hold was a tremendous popular success. \u00a0An advocate for women’s rights; her novel Hagar <\/em>is considered one of the first feminist novels.\u00a0 Member Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. Died May 9, 1936.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

American Authors and Books; online Encyclopedia of Virginia.<\/p>\n

Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Audrey. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1902.<\/p>\n

By Order of the Company. London; Constable, 1900.<\/p>\n

Cease Firing. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1912.<\/p>\n

Croatan. Boston; Little Brown, 1923.<\/p>\n

The Exile. New York; Harper & Bros., 1927.<\/p>\n

Foes. New York; Harper & Row, 1918.<\/p>\n

The Fortunes of Garin. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1915.<\/p>\n

1492. Boston; Little Brown, 1922.<\/p>\n

The Goddess of Reason. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1907.<\/p>\n

The Great Valley. Boston; Little Brown, 1926.<\/p>\n

Hagar. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1913.<\/p>\n

The Laird of Glenfernie. London; Constable, 1919.<\/p>\n

Lewis Rand. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1908.<\/p>\n

The Long Roll. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1911.<\/p>\n

Michael Forth. New York; Harper & Bros., 1919.<\/p>\n

Pioneers of the Old South; a Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings. New Haven, Conn.; Yale University Press, 1921.<\/p>\n

Prisoners of Hope; a Tale of Colonial Virginia. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1926.<\/p>\n

The Reason Why. National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1909.<\/p>\n

Silver Cross. Boston; Little Brown, 1922.<\/p>\n

Sir Mortimer. London; Constable, 1904.<\/p>\n

The Slave Ship. Boston; Little Brown, 1924.<\/p>\n

Sweet Rocket. New York; Harper, 1920.<\/p>\n

To Have and to Hold. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1928.<\/p>\n

The Wanderers. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1917.<\/p>\n

The Witch. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1914.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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