Ruth McEnery Stuart (1849–1917)

Author of Sonny: A Christmas Guest

About the Author

Includes the names: Ruth Stuart, Ruth McEnry Stuart, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Ruth McEnefy Stuart

Disambiguation Notice:

Stuart's true date of birth is not known with certainty. In addition to the 1849 date, Stuart's date of birth is also shown as 19 February 1852 on her marriage certificate.

Image credit: Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Works by Ruth McEnery Stuart

Popular Recent

Sonny: A Christmas Guest (2010) 11 copies

The Story of Babette: A Little Creole Girl (2009) 8 copies

Napoleon Jackson (1972) 7 copies

George Washington Jones; A Christmas Gift That Went A-Begging: A Christmas Gift That Went A-Begging (The Black Heritage (1903) 6 copies

THE RIVER'S CHILDREN An idyl of the Mississippi (2011) 5 copies

Simpkinsville and vicinity : Arkansas stories of Ruth McEnery Stuart (1999) 4 copies

The Woman's Exchange of Simpkinsville (2016) 4 copies

Moriah's Mourning (1898) 3 copies

Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales [1896 ] (2009) 3 copies

In Simpkinsville : a character tales (2009) 3 copies

The Haunted Photograph : Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection (2011) 3 copies

Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles (2015) 2 copies

Carlotta's Intended, and Other Tales 2 copies

Gobolinks or Shadow Pictures for Young and Old (2013) 2 copies, 1 review

Golden Wedding, A: And Other Tales (1893) 2 copies

Holly and Pizen, and Other Stories (Short Story Index Reprint Series) (1969) 2 copies

Plantation songs, and other verse 2 copies

AUNT AMINTY'S SILVER WEDDING 1 copy

ADHD Raising an Explosive Child: The Yell-Free Parenting Strategies to Discipline Even the Most Undisciplined and Unrestrained Child (2023) 1 copy

GEORGE WASHINGTON JONES 1 copy

Red album 1 copy, 1 review

Red Scrap Book 1 copy, 1 review

A GOLDEN WEDDING 1 copy

The Rustle Of Wings 1 copy

Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles (2016) 1 copy

Riverbend 1 copy

The Second Wooing of Salina Sue 1 copy

Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets: And Other Tales (2009) 1 copy

Sonny's Father : in which the father, now become grandfather, a kindly observer of life and a genial philosopher, in his desultory talks with the family doctor, carries along the… 1 copy

Holly and Pizen 1 copy

The second wooing of Salina Sue. and other stories. by Ruth McEn (1905) 1 copy

Aunt Amity's Silver Wedding, and Other Stories (1909) 1 copy

The Haunted Photograph ; Whence and Whither ; a Case in Diplomacy ; the Afterglow (1911) 1 copy

The Cocoon a rest-cure Comedy (1915) 1 copy

Uncle 'Riah's Christmas Eve 1 copy

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Associated Works

Children of Magic (2006) — Contributor — 64 copies, 2 reviews

Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas (1974) — Contributor — 51 copies, 1 review

Haunted Holidays (2004) — Contributor — 42 copies, 1 review

Summoned to Destiny (Realms of Wonder) (2004) — Contributor — 33 copies

Library of Southern Literature, Vol. XI: Schele De Vere-Stuart (1909) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Ethnic Image in Modern American Literature, 1900-1950, Volumes 1-2 (1984) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Stuart, Ruth McEnery
Birthdate: 1849-05-21
Date of death: 1917-05-06
Gender: female
Occupations: novelist
short story writer
Cause of death: long illness
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Marksville, Louisiana, USA
Places of residence: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Washington, Arkansas, USA
New York, New York, USA
Place of death: New York, New York, USA
Burial location: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Disambiguation notice: Stuart's true date of birth is not known with certainty. In addition to the 1849 date, Stuart's date of birth is also shown as 19 February 1852 on her marriage certificate.
Associated Place (for map): USA