Maria Louise Pool
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Maria Louise Pool was an American
writer.
to Elias Pool and Lydia Lane. She attended the public school of the town (then East Abington
), and later taught school for two years. She moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1870, where she first wrote for a Philadelphia paper and afterward for the New York Evening Post and the New York Tribune
. Later she resided in Wrentham, Massachusetts
. It was not until 1887 that she became widely known through her A Vacation in a Buggy.
Her work was reviewed extensively, as by the New York Times, but has lapsed into obscurity. She was an influence upon the young Canadian-American writer Mary MacLane
, who became friends with Pool's "literary companion" (and, it is now believed, lover) Caroline M. Branson. Branson and MacLane lived together from 1902 to 1908 in the house Branson and Pool had lived in.
life) and social novels, appeared in the periodical
s, and was later issued in book form. Among her 18 books were:
United States
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writer.
Biography
She was born in Rockland, MassachusettsRockland, Massachusetts
Rockland is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The 2010 census records its population at 17,489. As of December 31, 2009, there are 11,809 registered voters in the community.-History:...
to Elias Pool and Lydia Lane. She attended the public school of the town (then East Abington
Abington, Massachusetts
As of the census of 2000, there were 14,605 people, 5,263 households, and 3,747 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,469.1 people per square mile . There were 5,348 housing units at an average density of 538.0 per square mile...
), and later taught school for two years. She moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1870, where she first wrote for a Philadelphia paper and afterward for the New York Evening Post and the New York Tribune
New York Tribune
The New York Tribune was an American newspaper, first established by Horace Greeley in 1841, which was long considered one of the leading newspapers in the United States...
. Later she resided in Wrentham, Massachusetts
Wrentham, Massachusetts
Wrentham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,955 at the 2010 census.- History :Wrentham was first settled by the English in 1660 and officially incorporated in 1673. It was burned down during King Philip's War 1675-1676. For a short time, it was the...
. It was not until 1887 that she became widely known through her A Vacation in a Buggy.
Her work was reviewed extensively, as by the New York Times, but has lapsed into obscurity. She was an influence upon the young Canadian-American writer Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing...
, who became friends with Pool's "literary companion" (and, it is now believed, lover) Caroline M. Branson. Branson and MacLane lived together from 1902 to 1908 in the house Branson and Pool had lived in.
Works
Most of her literary work, which consists of sketches (chiefly of New EnglandNew England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
life) and social novels, appeared in the periodical
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s, and was later issued in book form. Among her 18 books were:
- Tenting at Stony Beach (1888), an account of a vacation spent on the Massachusetts coast
- Dally (1891)
- Roweny in Boston (1892)
- Mrs. Keats Bradford (1892)
- Katherine North (1893)
- The Two Salomes (1893)
- Out of Step (1894)
- Against Human Nature (1895)
- Mrs. Gerald (1896)
- In the First Person (1898)
- Boss and Other Dogs (1898)
- A Golden Sorrow (1898)
- The Maloon Farm (1899)