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Kate Lee Ferguson
1841–1928
A Mississippi writer with an unusually wide creative range, she wrote novels, poetry, songs, and dramatic pieces that drew on Southern life and history. She is especially remembered for the novel Cliquot and the children's story Little Mose.
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Cliquot: A Racing Story of Ideal Beauty
by Kate Lee Ferguson
About the author
Born Catherine Sarah Lee on November 3, 1841, she became known by the pen name Kate Lee Ferguson. She was an American novelist, poet, and composer, and her work moved easily between fiction, verse, and music.
Her best-known books include Cliquot (1889) and Little Mose (1891). Along with her writing, she also published songs and other musical works, showing a creative career that reached far beyond the novel form.
She died on May 30, 1928. Though not widely known today, her work offers a glimpse of a 19th-century Southern author who built a varied literary life across several genres.