Elizabeth Foster Wesselhoeft

Elizabeth "Lily" Foster Pope Wesselhoeft (October 21, 1840 – January 31, 1919) was an American writer. She wrote eighteen children's books under the name Lily F. Wesselhoeft.

Elizabeth Foster Wesselhoeft
BornOctober 21, 1840 Edit this on Wikidata
Dorchester Edit this on Wikidata
DiedJanuary 31, 1919 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 78)
OccupationWriter Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Conrad Wesselhoeft Edit this on Wikidata

Elizabeth Foster Pope was born on October 21, 1840 in Dorchester, Boston.[1] In 1863, she married Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft, a prominent doctor who was the personal physician of Louisa May Alcott and the Alcott family. In her forties, she began writing children's books. Many of her works were about dogs, and others were fantasy stories with fairy tale elements, influenced by Alcott's fantasy works.[2][3]

Elizabeth Foster Wesselhoeft died on 31 January 1919.[1]

Bibliography
  • Sparrow, the Tramp (1888)
  • Flipwing, the Spy (1889)
  • The Winds, the Woods, and the Wanderer (1890)
  • Old Rough the Miser (1891), illustrated by Jonathan Francis Goodridge
  • Frowzle the Runaway (1895)
  • The fairy-folk of Blue Hill (1895)
  • Jerry the Blunderer (1896)
  • Torpeanuts the Tomboy (1897)
  • Old Sultan's Thanksgiving and other stories (1898)
  • Madam Mary of the Zoo (1899)
  • Doris and her dog Rodney (1900)
  • Foxy the Faithful (1902)
  • Jack, the Fire Dog (1903)
  • Ready the Reliable (1906)
  • The Diamond King and the Little Man in Gray (1907)
  • Rover the Farm Dog (1908)
  • Laddie: The Master of the House (1913)

References
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  1. Who was who in America : a companion biographical reference work to who's who in america. Internet Archive. Chicago, IL : Marquis-Who's Who. 1976.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. West, Mark I. (1989). Before Oz : juvenile fantasy stories from nineteenth-century America. Internet Archive. Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books. ISBN 978-0-208-02234-9.
  3. Eiselein, Gregory; Phillips, Anne K. (2001). The Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30896-3.
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