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Encyclopedia > Alice Hegan Rice

Alice Hegan Rice (January 11, 1870February 10, 1942) was an American novelist. is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ...


Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The book was a best seller in 1902 and was set in Louisville, Kentucky where she lived. Hegan was married to poet and dramatist Cale Young Rice. The house the couple lived in is at 1444 St. James Court and is still standing. Rice was the niece of author Frances Little. Several of her earlier works were translated into German, French, Danish, and Swedish, and three (Mrs. Wiggs, Mr. Opp, and the Romance of Billy-Goat Hill) were dramatized. Both before and after she became a novelist she was favorably known also for short stories contributed to the magazines. Her other earlier titles were: Shelbyville is a city in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. ... Mrs. ... “Louisville” redirects here. ... Cale Young Rice (December 11, 1872 – January 24, 1943) was an American poet and dramatist. ... Frances Little (November 22, 1863 - January 6, 1941) is an American author. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

  • Lovey Mary (1903)
  • Sandy (1905)
  • Captain June (1907)
  • Mr. Opp (1909)
  • A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill (1912)
  • The Honorable Percival (1914)

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The U.S. novelist and short-story writer Alice Hegan Rice is known for her 1901 best-seller Mrs.
The daughter of a successful art dealer, Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice was born on Jan. 11, 1870, in Shelbyville, Ky. At age 16 she began serving as an aide at a mission Sunday school in a Louisville slum…
Wild rice grows in shallow water in marshes and along the shores of streams and lakes in north-central North America.
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