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Eleanor Putnam
1856–1886
A short-lived 19th-century American writer, she published fiction and poetry under the pen name Eleanor Putnam. Her work is best remembered for its warm, observant picture of old New England life.
2 Audiobooks
Prince Vance: The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box
by Eleanor Putnam, Arlo Bates
Princo Vanc'
by Eleanor Putnam, Arlo Bates
About the author
Born Harriet Leonora Vose in Quincy, Illinois, on July 30, 1856, she wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam, a family name taken from one of her ancestors. She is identified in standard reference sources as an American poet and novelist, and she is also connected with the name Harriet Bates after her marriage to writer and editor Arlo Bates.
Her best-known books include A Woodland Wooing and Old Salem, and reference works also credit her and Arlo Bates with the novel Prince Vance. Although her life was brief, her writing earned notice for its literary charm and its interest in character and setting.
She died in March 1886, still in her twenties. Because of that early death, her body of work is small, but the name Eleanor Putnam remains attached to a distinctive corner of late-19th-century American literature.