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Dudrea Parker
1883–1972
A little-known American writer, she is remembered for Pig Iron, a 1921 collection of short stories about love, temptation, and hard choices. Beyond her writing, she was also closely connected with the creation of Baltimore County's striking Gothic estate, the Cloisters.
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Pig iron : Short stories
by Dudrea Parker
About the author
Dudrea Parker (1883–1972), often identified as G. Dudrea Parker, was an American author best known for Pig Iron: Short Stories, published in 1921. Her work has remained accessible through library listings and Project Gutenberg, which has helped keep this early-20th-century collection in circulation.
She also appears in the history of the Cloisters in Maryland, the Gothic manor house developed with her husband, Sumner A. Parker. Accounts of the estate describe it as the life’s work of the couple, who spent decades shaping it into the distinctive landmark that still draws attention today.
Although not a widely documented literary figure, Parker stands out as a writer whose surviving work offers a glimpse of her era, and as part of a larger cultural story tied to one of Maryland’s most unusual historic homes.