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Bellamy Partridge
1877–1960
Best known for lively books about small-town America, this New York writer turned memories of country law, family life, and early motoring into warm, readable stories. His work captures the feel of everyday life in the United States around the turn of the twentieth century.
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Sube Cane
by Bellamy Partridge
About the author
Edward Bellamy Partridge was born in Phelps, New York, on July 10, 1877, and became known to readers as Bellamy Partridge. He graduated from Hobart College in 1900, studied law, and for about a decade practiced with his father, Samuel Selden Partridge, a country lawyer in Phelps.
He later left law for writing and built a career as a freelance author, novelist, and popular historian. He also wrote under the names Thomas Bailey and Bailey, and he became especially known for books that looked back at turn-of-the-century American life with humor and affection.
Among his best-known works is Country Lawyer, his bestselling portrait of his father's life and work, followed by The Big Family. He also wrote about early automobile culture in Fill'er Up! The Story of Fifty Years of Motoring. Partridge died on July 3, 1960, but his books still stand out for their easy storytelling and vivid sense of a vanished everyday world.