Elia Wilkinson Peattie
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Elia Peattie was a Chicago journalist, novelist and short-story writer. Peattie began her career as a reporter with the Chicago Tribune in 1884 and eventually held the influential post of literary editor of the Tribune from 1901 to 1917. She published hundreds of short stories and 32 books, including The Precipice (1914), perhaps her best novel. Others include Lotta Embury’s Career (1915), The Newcomers (1916), and Sarah Brewster’s Relatives (1916). She was the mother of naturalist Donald Culross Peattie.
* Name engraved on the frieze of the Illinois State Library alongside other great Illinois literary figures, 1990
JOURNEY THROUGH WONDERLAND : | Newcomers. | Our chosen land. a romantic story of america from the time of its discovery. | Story of america, containing the romantic incidents of history, from the discovery of … america to the present time (classic reprint). | The precipice