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Early American Authors Quiz Game
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "And I was NOT MIA, Miss Dorry!!! I knew exactly where I was!! 😤🤣"Well, I'm glad to hear that, but we didn't!"
I told Meg!!!
Another hint...Same name, spelled differently.🤓
Pamela wrote: "Another hint...Same name, spelled differently.🤓"Same name as WHO??!! 🤣
Same name as the famous author with the same name!😯🙂
Pamela wrote: "Same name as the famous author with the same name!😯🙂"For the life of me the only names I can think of are male authors! 🤣
The author I'm looking for lived in Massachusetts and had a name much like another famous writer...Same name as an author from the 19th Century...Famous Female Author...Not necessarily from the U.S.
Elizabeth Gaskell, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte...🤔
Meg wrote: "Elizabeth Gaskell, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte...🤔"🤨 New England...? 🧐
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Elizabeth Gaskell, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte...🤔"🤨 New England...? 🧐"
She said the author's name was the same as a VERY famous author's name, that it wasn't nessecraily an American author, therefore I presume a British author. And those are all I can thik of! 🤣
The author's father left behind a large archive of historical documents from the Pilgrims, but the papers are now missing. Her brother also wrote a book about the Pilgrims. She was educated in private schools in Boston. She could trace 8 family lines back to the Pilgrims. She also wrote magazine stories and poems. She also wrote about Revolutionary War history. That is all I have to say about that!🤣😂😉🤗Pammy Jo
I'll be back in a little while, looking for an answer.🧐🤓🙂
Pamela wrote: "I'll be back in a little while, looking for an answer.🧐🤓🙂"MPH!
Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I'll be back in a little while, looking for an answer.🧐🤓🙂"MPH!"
🏁MPH to you too, Meg!⛽🚘🚗
Meg wrote: "Elizabeth Gaskell, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte...🤔"It is the same as ONE of the names you listed! Spelled differently.
I'll be offline the rest of the night, so you can think about the question until motorrow
She said the author's name was the same as a VERY famous author's name, that it wasn't nessecraily an American author, therefore I presume a British author. And those are all I can thik of! 🤣Goodness, Meg, you're making a record!! 🤣🤣🤣
You know Meg is desperate to mention Jane Austen.
Ruth wrote: "You know Meg is desperate to mention Jane Austen."That's why I was confused!! 🤣🤣🤣
Pamela wrote: "I'll be offline the rest of the night, so you can think about the question until motorrow"That's better than anything I've done yet! 🤣🤣🤣
Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "You know Meg is desperate to mention Jane Austen."That's why I was confused!! 🤣🤣🤣"
I'm losing it! 🤣
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "You know Meg is desperate to mention Jane Austen."That's why I was confused!! 🤣🤣🤣"
I'm losing it! 🤣"
🧭"
What is that?
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "You know Meg is desperate to mention Jane Austen."That's why I was confused!! 🤣🤣🤣"
I'm losing it! 🤣"
🧭"
What is that?"
A compass.
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "You know Meg is desperate to mention Jane Austen."That's why I was confused!! 🤣🤣🤣"
I'm losing it! 🤣"
🧭"
What is that?"
A compass."
Oh. I thought it was some kind of pie! 🤣
Oh. I thought it was some kind of pie! 🤣🥧 That's a pie. 🤣
Emma wrote: "Oh. I thought it was some kind of pie! 🤣🥧 That's a pie. 🤣"
Thank you for your assistance. 🧐
Well I'm going to say Elizabeth Gaskell. I have no idea how to spell it, though! 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Oh. I thought it was some kind of pie! 🤣🥧 That's a pie. 🤣"
Thank you for your assistance. 🧐"
🤣 Why are you looking at me like that?!
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Oh. I thought it was some kind of pie! 🤣🥧 That's a pie. 🤣"
Thank you for your assistance. 🧐"
🤣 Why are you looking at me like that?!"
I don't know! 🧐🧐🧐
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Oh. I thought it was some kind of pie! 🤣🥧 That's a pie. 🤣"
Thank you for your assistance. 🧐"
🤣 Why are you looking at me like that?!"
I don't know! 🧐🧐🧐"
🙄🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣🤣🧐
🤦🏻♀️ Or is it Emily Bronte?? You said VERY famous... 🧐
Gaskell just sounds more New England-y
I don't even know what the quiz is!!! 🤣
Emma wrote: "I don't even know what the quiz is!!! 🤣"No, you're too busy picking on me! 🤣
Here's Pammy's question...This Massachusetts author became known for historical novels about their Plymouth Colony ancestors. Name the author.
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I don't even know what the quiz is!!! 🤣"No, you're too busy picking on me! 🤣"
🥺
Meg wrote: "Well I'm going to say Elizabeth Gaskell. I have no idea how to spell it, though! 😂"You should have gone with Jane Austen, Meg! Now I have basically given you the author I am looking for. The last name is spelled differently. Can you guess who it is? I really thought you would know, as she wrote almost exclusively about her Pilgrim ancestors.
Pammy Jo
Pamela wrote: "Meg wrote: "Well I'm going to say Elizabeth Gaskell. I have no idea how to spell it, though! 😂"You should have gone with Jane Austen, Meg! Now I have basically given you the author I am looking f..."
Whew! I finally found her, but that wasn't easy! Even Google assumed I was just spelling the British Jane Austen's name wrong! 😂 Jane Goodwin Austin...how could I not have known about her??!!
TA-DA!!!! Meg finally figured it out!! Jane Goodwin Austin is correct!!! 👏🤝😀😁😊🤗🎉🎈🏆🥇♥️🤸♀️🤹♀️🎊😍🤩🙂She had many ancestors connected to the Pilgrims and wrote some interesting stories about them! I think my questions are too difficult. I am sorry. At least you know about Jane Austin now. I think you would like her writing!
Pammy Jo
Congarcultations, Meggy!!! You sure deserve this one!! 🥳🎉🎊🤗
Wow, I’ve never heard of Jane Goodwin Austin! I’m assuming she’s a different person from Jane Austen?!
Pamela wrote: "TA-DA!!!! Meg finally figured it out!! Jane Goodwin Austin is correct!!! 👏🤝😀😁😊🤗🎉🎈🏆🥇♥️🤸♀️🤹♀️🎊😍🤩🙂She had many ancestors connected to the Pilgrims and wrote some interesting stories about them! I ..."
Thanks Pammy Jo! 😀 I sure learned something new! Maybe Lady Ruth will be pleased to hear that I am enjoying Jane Austin! 🤣
ClaraBelle wrote: "Wow, I’ve never heard of Jane Goodwin Austin! I’m assuming she’s a different person from Jane Austen?!"Yep, a totally different author! Even google got confused when I looked her up! 😂
For once I have a question ready! 😁 Which NE author called Thoreau's 'Walden', "very wicked and heathenish" and said that "the practical moral of it seems to be that if a man is willing to sink himself into a woodchuck he can live as cheaply as that quadruped"?
Meg wrote: "For once I have a question ready! 😁 Which NE author called Thoreau's 'Walden', "very wicked and heathenish" and said that "the practical moral of it seems to be that if a man is willing to sink him..."Mark Twain.
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Mark Twain."Noted. 😏"
🙄 What have I done?! 😫🤣
Meg wrote: "For once I have a question ready! 😁 Which NE author called Thoreau's 'Walden', "very wicked and heathenish" and said that "the practical moral of it seems to be that if a man is willing to sink him..."😄-Haha! Wow, that is a scathing
comment.
"...if a man is willing to sink himself into a woodchuck..."
I love that line.
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