Frances Boyd Calhoun (1867–1909)
Author of Miss Minerva and William Green Hill
Works by Frances Boyd Calhoun
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Calhoun, Frances Boyd
- Birthdate
- 1867
- Date of death
- 1909-06-08
- Burial location
- Tennessee
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
CSA - Birthplace
- Mecklenburg County, Virginia
- Places of residence
- Tennessee, USA
- Occupations
- writer
- Organizations
- United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Reviews
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Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 2
- Members
- 82
- Popularity
- #220,761
- Rating
- 2.4
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 26
- Languages
- 1
It is a comedy of the average folks in a small town in Tennessee at the turn of the last century. Miss Minerva is the rather elderly-acting maiden aunt now settled with a small, active, articulate boy, "six, a-going on seven,": William, her orphaned nephew. Frances Boyd Calhoun captures thoughts, and phrases so naturally it is a sheer delight to read, or read aloud.
Summarized from the publishers' note, the author died only a few months after the publication of her book, her first and her only book. It is a pity to think that her untimely death came just when she gave promise of adding so much to the store of human happiness.
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