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Mary Agnes Byrne
Known for writing stories for young readers, this early 20th-century author is best remembered for Peggy-Alone and other children's books with a warm, old-fashioned feel.
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Peggy-Alone
by Mary Agnes Byrne
About the author
Mary Agnes Byrne was an author of children's fiction. Public catalog and bookselling records consistently link her name with works including Peggy-Alone, Roy and Rosyrocks, and Little Dame Trot.
Her surviving online footprint is quite slim, which is often the case for lesser-known writers of her era. Project Gutenberg and The Online Books Page list Peggy-Alone, showing that at least one of her books has remained available to modern readers in the public domain.
Because reliable biographical sources are limited, many personal details about her life are unclear from the sources I could confirm. What does come through is a record of storytelling aimed at younger readers, with books that have continued to circulate through reprints and library-style catalogs.