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Mary Ellen Chase

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born

January 01, 1887 in Maine, The United States

died

January 01, 1973

genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

influences

Maine writer Sarah Orne Jewett, whom she had met during childhood

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American educator, teacher, scholar, and author regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century.

Mary Ellen Chase received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Minnesota where she served as an assistant professor from 1922 to 1926. She taught at Smith College starting in 1926 until her retirement in 1955.

Chase wrote more than 30 books, many using her cherished Maine heritage as the setting, capturing the unique spirit and chronicling a way of life for generations. Her most famous of these works include Mary Peters, Silas Crockett, Windswept, and Edge of Darkness.

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Books by Mary Ellen Chase

Average rating: 3.76 · 55 ratings · 14 reviews · 23 distinct works

	Windswept 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Silas Crockett (Maine Classic) 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1943	My rating:
	Mary Peters 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1944	My rating:
	The White Gate 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1954	My rating:
	The Lovely Ambition, a Novel 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1960 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Journey to Boston 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1965	My rating:
	A Goodly Fellowship 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1939	My rating:
	Donald McKay and the Clipper Ships 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1959	My rating:
	A Goodly Heritage 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Jonathan Fisher, Maine Parson 1768 to 1847 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating: