Alice Hegan Rice
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Alice Hegan Rice
- Born: January 11, 1870
- Birthplace: Shelbyville, KY
- Died: February 10, 1942
Alice Hegan Rice's first, and most famous, book was Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, published in 1901. When she was 16 years old, Rice worked as an aide at a mission Sunday school in a slum of Louisville, KY, called Cabbage Patch. She met a woman there whom she later immortalized as the heroine Mrs. Wiggs, eternally optimistic, no matter how dire her straits. Some 25 years later, Rice co-founded the Cabbage Patch Settlement House in Louisville. Her book was translated into many languages, and both stage and film versions were produced.
Other books Rice wrote include Lovely Mary, Sandy, Calvary Alley, The Honorable Percival and A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill. Her autobiography, The Inky Way, was published in 1940.
Most Famous Works
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1901)
- Lovely Mary (1903)
- Sandy (1905)
- A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill (1912)
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(1870-1942)
| 1901 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The Kentucky-born children's book writer's most popular work is her first book about an indomitably optimistic widow living with her children in the tenement section of Louisville, Kentucky, known as "The Cabbage Patch." |
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Alice Caldwell Rice
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"It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains."
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Alice Hegan Rice
Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American 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 is set in Louisville, Kentucky where she then lived. It was made into a successful play in 1903, and there were three Hollywood movie versions of it. The best known is the 1934 film that starred Pauline Lord and W. C. Fields.
Hegan was married to poet and dramatist Cale Young Rice. The house they lived in at 1444 St. James Court is still standing. She was a niece of author Frances Little (pseud.).
Several of Alice Rice's 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 titles were:
- Lovey Mary (1903)
- Sandy (1905)
- Captain June (1907)
- Mr. Opp (1909)
- A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill (1912)
- The Honorable Percival (1914)
- Calvary Alley (1917)
- Miss Mink’s Soldier and Other Stories (1918)
- Turn About Tales (with Cale Young Rice) (1920)
- Quin (1921)
- Winners and Losers (with Cale Young Rice) (1925)
- The Buffer (1929)
- Mr. Pete & Co. (1933)
- The Lark Legacy (1935)
- Passionate Follies (1936)
- My Pillow Book (1937)
- Our Ernie (1939)
- The Inky Way (1940)
- Happiness Road (1942) (posthumous)
She died at her home in Louisville in 1942.
Further reading
- Boewe, Mary (2010). Beyond the Cabbage Patch; the Literary World of Alice Hegan Rice. Louisville: Butler Books. ISBN 978-1-935497-33-2.
External links
- Alice Hegan Rice
- Alice Hegan Rice in "Old Louisville in Literature
- Works by Alice Hegan Rice at Project Gutenberg
- Alice Hegan Rice at Find a Grave
- National Book League (Great Britain) (1902). Book News. http://books.google.com/books?id=0eQRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA41&dq=alice+caldwell+hegan&as_brr=1#PPA419,M1. - Brief biographical information
- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
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Lovey Mary
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Sandy
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
(1919 Film)
Romance of Billy Goat Hill
(1916 Film)
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