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Faith Bickford
1882–1964
Faith Bickford brought the spirit of Cape Cod and the power of perseverance to her writing. Her fiction includes the juvenile novel Daddy Joe’s Fiddle and the regional tale A Cape Cod Idyl.
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Daddy Joe's fiddle
by Faith Bickford
About the author
Faith Bickford (1882–1964) was a Cape Cod author and educator associated with the Sea Pines School of Personality for Girls in Brewster, Massachusetts. She helped guide the school, which emphasized character, health, outdoor activity, and practical education for young women.
Bickford wrote Daddy Joe’s Fiddle, first published in 1903, a story for young readers involving music, family, and a mixed-race child. She also wrote A Cape Cod Idyl, a short regional work published in several editions, including a 1955 edition issued by the author.
Her life and work remained closely tied to the Cape, where she combined teaching, school leadership, and storytelling rooted in local places and personal experience.