Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

165. RICHARDS, Laura E. TO ARMS!. 1918. USA. Songs of the Great War.
Good copy but with Library Bookplate. Worn covers. £6.00


Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 - January 14, 1943) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse "Eletelephony

In 1917, Laura won a Pulitzer Prize for The Life of Julia Ward Howe, a biography, which she co-authored with her sister, Maud Howe Elliott.