{"id":5361,"date":"2016-04-19T09:50:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T16:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2018-05-30T09:53:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T16:53:18","slug":"hentz-caroline-lee-whiting-1800-1856","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=5361","title":{"rendered":"HENTZ, CAROLINE LEE WHITING, 1800-1856"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography;<\/strong>
\nAuthor; educator. Born; June 1, 1800, Lancaster, Massachusetts. Parents– John and Orpah Danforth Whiting. Married– Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, September 30, 1824. Children–5. Education–attended a private school conducted by Jared Sparks. Taught at the Lancaster Common School, 1817-24. Worked with her husband who conducted schools in several states, including Kentucky, Ohio, and Alabama (in Florence 1834-43; Tuscaloosa, 1843-1845; and Tuskegee, 1845-48). Wrote poems, plays, sketches, and novels, beginning at an early age. Had several plays produced in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. One of the most popular authors of her time. In Cincinnati belonged to the Semi-Colon Club, where she met and became friends with Harriet Beecher Stowe, though she disagreed with her about slavery and wrote “The Planter’s Northern Bride” as a rebuttal to\u00a0“Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” \u00a0Died February 11, 1856.
\nSource:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marquis Who’s who online; wikipedia
\n<\/strong> Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aunt Patty’s Scrap-Bag.\u00a0 1846.<\/p>\n

The Banished Son, and other Stories of the Heart.\u00a0 1856.<\/p>\n

Constance of Werdenberg; or, The Heroes of Switzerland (play). Produced in New York, 1832.<\/p>\n

Courtship and Marriage, or The Joys and Sorrows of an American Life.\u00a0 1856.<\/p>\n

De Lara; or, The Moorish Bride (play). \u00a0Produced in Boston and Philadelphia, 1831.<\/p>\n

Eoline; or, Magnolia Vale.\u00a0 1852.<\/p>\n

Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author.\u00a0 1856.<\/p>\n

Helen and Arthur; or, Miss Thusa’s Spinning-Wheel.\u00a0 1853.<\/p>\n

The Hermit of Rockrest.\u00a0 1853.<\/p>\n

Lamorah; or, The Western Wilds (play). Produced in Cincinnati and New Orleans, 1832-33.<\/p>\n

Linda; or, The Young Pilot of the Belle Creole.\u00a0 1850.<\/p>\n

Love after Marriage; and Other Stories.\u00a0 1857.<\/p>\n

Lovell’s Folly.\u00a0 1832.<\/p>\n

Marcus Warland; or, The Long Moss Spring.\u00a0 1852.<\/p>\n

The Mob Cap.\u00a0 1848.<\/p>\n

The Planter’s Northern Bride.\u00a0 1854.<\/p>\n

Rena, or The Snow-Bird.\u00a0 1851.<\/p>\n

Robert Graham; A Sequel to Linda.\u00a0 1855.<\/p>\n

Ugly Effie, or The Neglected One and the Pet Beauty.\u00a0 1850.<\/p>\n

The Victim of Excitement. 1853.<\/p>\n

Wild Jack; or, The Stolen Child, and Other Stories.\u00a0 1853.
\nPapers:<\/strong>
\nPapers of Caroline Lee Hentz are included in the Hentz Family Papers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biography; Author; educator. Born; June 1, 1800, Lancaster, Massachusetts. Parents– John and Orpah Danforth Whiting. Married– Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, September 30, 1824. Children–5. Education–attended a private school conducted by Jared Sparks. Taught at the Lancaster Common School, 1817-24. Worked with her husband who conducted schools in several states, including Kentucky, Ohio, and Alabama (in Florence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-g-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5361"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8143,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361\/revisions\/8143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}