Ethel C. Simpson Ethel C. Simpson Ruth McEnery Stuart
For nearly thirty years, from the first story by Ruth McEnery Stuart published in the "New Princeton Magazine" in 1888 until her death in 1917, readers throughout the United States knew her stories of life in Simpkinsville, an imaginary village in southwest Arkansas. Besides their importance in the history of local-color fiction, Stuart s stories of Simpkinsville evoke that connection between past and present that many Americans are continually seeking. They assert the values of rural family life and closeness to the land.
Stuart portrays characters and incidents with delicious humor...
For nearly thirty years, from the first story by Ruth McEnery Stuart published in the "New Princeton Magazine" in 1888 until her death in 1917, rea...
