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Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
1845–1928
A lively chronicler of early American life, she turned colonial and Revolutionary history into vivid stories about homes, cities, and society. Her books helped popular readers imagine the texture of the past, especially in Philadelphia and old Pennsylvania.
3 Audiobooks
Through Colonial Doorways
by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
In Château Land
by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
Italian Days and Ways
by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
About the author
Born in Pennsylvania in 1845, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton was an American writer and historian whose work centered on the social world of colonial and Revolutionary America. She is especially remembered for writing accessible history that brought together architecture, domestic life, local tradition, and biography in a way that felt welcoming to general readers.
She wrote a number of books on early American and European historical subjects, including Through Colonial Doorways, Colonial Days and Dames, In Old Pennsylvania Towns, and In Château Land. Sources also describe her as a founder and the first historian of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, a role that fits the strong historical interests seen across her work.
She died on July 29, 1928. For listeners drawn to place-rich history, family legacy, and the everyday details that make the past feel real, her writing still offers an inviting window into another era.