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Letitia Stockett
1884–1949
A Baltimore writer and longtime teacher, she brought wit, curiosity, and a light touch to everything from local history to travel writing. Her work ranges from lyrical poems to playful prose that gives a lively sense of early-20th-century America.
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The Hoofs of Pegasus
by Letitia Stockett
About the author
Born in Baltimore in 1884, Letitia Stockett was an American author and English teacher. Reliable publisher and library-style sources identify her as a graduate of Goucher College and note that she spent about thirty years teaching at the Friends School of Baltimore.
She wrote in more than one mode. Her books include The Hoofs of Pegasus, a collection of poems, along with Baltimore: A Not Too Serious History and America, First, Fast, and Furious. Those titles suggest the range that makes her appealing now: she could be lyrical, observant, and gently funny.
Stockett died in 1949. Accounts of her life remember her as a precise, memorable teacher with a dry sense of humor, and that mix of discipline and warmth seems to carry into her writing as well.