Edna Henry Lee Turpin
Edna Henry Lee Turpin (1867–1952) was an American author. She was born on July 26, 1867, at Echo Hill, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Edward Henry Turpin and Petronella Lee Turpin, but her father died of tuberculosis four months before she was born. Two siblings, Mary Wilson Turpin and Edward Henry Turpin both died in infancy before Edna was born.[1] She spent her childhood on the family farm with her mother and her older brother, Henderson Lee Turpin (1861–1957).[2] She began writing at an early age and, during her fifteenth year, her first short story was accepted for publication.
She later graduated from Hollins College. Over her lifetime he was a member of numerous professional organizations and societies. She was a Presbyterian. She never married but rather devoted her life to literary pursuits. She died on June 8, 1952, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
In addition to her own writing, she also edited and selected a number of collections which included, amongst others, a collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales for primary reader grades in the English language[3] and "The Gold-Bug and Other Selections from the Works of Edgar Allan Poe."[4]
Bibliography
According to WorldCat, her book-length publications are[5]
Agriculture, Its Fundamental Principles. By Andrew M[acNairn] Soule . . . and Edna Henry Lee Turpin. Richmond, Atlanta [etc.]: B. F. Johnson Publishing Company, [c1907]. 320 p. col. front., illus., 3 col. pl. 19 cm. Copies at ViHi and ViU
Abram's Freedom. By Edna Turpin. Boston, New York, Chicago: The Pilgrim Press, [c1913]. 32 p. plate. 19 cm. Ornamental borders. "Reprinted from the Atlantic monthly." "The Plimpton Press, Norwood Mass. U.S.A." Issued in hard and soft covers. Copies at Vi, ViHi, ViLRMWC, ViRU, ViRVCU, and ViU. [WHB]
Cotton. New York, Cincinnati [etc.]: American Book Company, [c1924]. vi, 266 p. front., illus., plates. 19 cm. Copies at ViLRMWC and ViU
The Deserted Village, The Traveler, and Other Poems. By Oliver Goldsmith. Ed. by Edna Turpin. New York: C. E. Merrill Co., [c1907]. 153 p. front. (port.) 17 cm. Merrill's English texts. Copy at ViU.
Echo Hill. By Edna Turpin. Illustrated by George Richards. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1933. ix, [1], 230 p. incl. front., illus. 20 cm. Copy at ViLRMWC
Essays. By Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ed. by Edna Henry Lee Turpin. New York: C. E. Merrill Co. [c1907]. 336 p. front. (port.) 17 cm. Merrill's English texts. Copy at ViU.
Fables Every Child Should Know. Richmond: B. F. Johnson Pub. Co., [1920]. 96 p. illus. 19 cm. Graded classics series. Copy at ViU.
The Gold Bug. By Edgar Allan Poe; with introduction, critical opinions, and notes by Edna H. Turpin. New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1898. 64 p. port. 17 cm. Maynard's English classic series, no. 204. Copy at ViU.
Happy Acres, Anne Lewis and the Village Full of Cousins. Illustrated by Mary Lane McMillan. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1913. t.p. 1927. 363 p., [1] leaf of plates, illus. Copy at ViBlVPI
Happy Acres. New York: The Macmillan company, 1922. 3 p.l., 363 p. front., illus. 20 cm. Copy at ViU
Honey-Sweet. By Edna Turpin; illustrated by Alice Beard. New York: Macmillan, 1911. 316 p. front., 20 cm. Copy at Vi
The Lee Readers. New York, Cincinnati [etc.]: American Book Company, 1902. 5 v. col. fronts. (v. 3-5) illus. (partly col.) 19 cm. Copy at ViU
Lilly Jane's Wash-Pot. [Richmond: Virginia Stationery Co.], 1917. 2 p. l., 9-18 p. plate. Copies at ViHi and ViRU
Littling of Gaywood. By Edna Turpin. Drawings by Fritz Eichenberg. New York: Random House, [c1939]. 5 p. l., 3-265 p. illus. 20 cm. Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers. Copies at ViLRMWC and ViRVCU.
Littling of Gaywood. By Edna Turpin. Drawings by Fritz Eichenberg. Richmond: Dietz Press Inc., 1945. 5 p. l., 3-265 p. illus. 20 cm. Copies at ViHi and ViU [WHB]
Lost and Found. Story by Edna Turpin and Catherine T[urner] Bryce; pictures by K. Alexander. New York: Nelson & Sons, 1939. 128 p. illus. (part col.) 21 cm. Copy at Vi
Lost Covers. Edna Turpin. Illustrated by Victor Perard. New York: Random House, [c1937]. 281, [1] p. illus. 20 cm. Copies at Vi, ViHi and ViU [WHB]
The New South, and Other Addresses. By Henry Woodfin Grady. With biography, critical opinions, and explanatory notes, by Edna Henry Lee Turpin. New York: Haskell House, 1969. 136 p. 23 cm. Copy at Vi
Newson Readers. By Catherine Turner Bryce, Rose Lees Hardy, and Edna Henry Lee Turpin. New York and Chicago: Newson & Company, 1927. v. illus. (part col.) 20 cm. Copy at ViU
The Old Mine's Secret. By Edna Turpin. Frontispiece by George Wright. New York: Macmillan, 1921. 3 p. l., 288 p. col. front. 20 cm. Copy at Vi
The Old Mine's Secret; Anne Lewis and Her Village Cousins in War-Time. Frontispiece by George Wright. New York: Macmillan Co., 1938. 288 p. 20 cm. Copies at ViLRMWC and ViU
Peggy of Roundabout Lane. By Edna Turpin. Illustrated by Alice Beard. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1917. 4 p. l., 310 p. front., plates. 20 cm. Copy at Vi
Reed's Primary Speller. By Alonzo Reed and Edna H. L. Turpin. New York and Chicago: Charles E. Merrill Co., [1912]. 128 p. col. front., ill. 18 cm. Copy at ViU
A Short History of the American People. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. xviii p., 1 l., 478 p. illus., maps. 20 cm. Copies at Vi and ViU
A Short History of the American People. With an introduction by S. C. Mitchell. Atlanta, Richmond: B. F. Johnson Pub. Co., [1914]. xviii, 418, lxxxi p. illus., maps 20 cm. Copies at Vi and ViU
Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator / by Addison, Steele, and Budgell. With notes by Edna H. L. Turpin; with examination questions prepared by Cornelia Beare. New York: Maynard Merrill & Co., c1906. 269 p. 2 port. (incl. front.); 17 cm. Maynard's English classic series. Special number. Copies at ViLRMWC and ViU.
The Story of Virginia. Text by Edna Turpin. Illus. by Luther Coleman Wells. New York: Random House, [1949]. [56] p. illus., col. maps (on lining papers). 29 cm. Juvenile literature. Copies at Vi, ViHi, ViLRMWC and ViU. [WHB]
This is Our Land; the Story of Water, Soil, and Other Natural Resources. By Edna Turpin and Alfred L[awrence] Wingo. Boston: Christopher Pub. House, [1954]. 71 p. 21 cm. Copies at Vi, ViRU and ViU
Three Circus Days. By Edna Turpin; pictures by George and Doris Hauman. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. 96 p. incl. col. front., col. illus. 19 cm. Copy at Vi
Three Circus Days. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. 96 p. incl. col. front., col. illus. 19 cm. Copy at ViU
Treasure Mountain. By Edna Turpin . . . illustrated by Robert Amick. New York: The Century Co., 1920. 4 p. l., 3-314 p. front., plates. 20 cm. Copy at Vi
Treasure Mountain. By Edna Turpin . . . illustrated by Robert Amick. New York: The Century Co., 1921. 4 p. l., 3-314 p. front., plates. 20 cm. Copy at ViHi
Treasure Mountain. By Edna Turpin. Illustrated by Robert Amick. New York: Appleton-Century, 1935 [c1920]. 4 p. l., 3-314 p. front., plates. 20 cm. Copy at ViBlVPI
Wayside Flowers, Poems of the Out-of-Doors. By William Wordsworth, selected and introduced by Edna Turpin, illustrated by Helene Carter. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. viii, 76, [1] p. incl. front., illus. 23 cm. Copies at ViRU, ViRVCU, and ViU
Whistling Jimps. By Edna Turpin. Illustrated by D. G. Summers. New York: The Century Co., 1922. 5 p. l., 3-328 p. front., plates. 19 cm. Copies at ViLRMWC and ViU
Zickle's Luck. By Edna Turpin, illustrated by Marjorie Peters. New York: Macmillan Company, 1938. 6 p. l., 91 p. illus. 20 cm. Illustrated lining-papers. Copy at ViLRMWC.
Zickle's Luck. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. 6 p. l., 91 p. illus. 20 cm. Copy at ViU
Zickle's Puppy Dog. By Edna Turpin, illustrated by Arne Lundborg. New York: Greystone Press [c1942]. 125 p. illus. 20 cm. Copy at Vi
References
- Virginia and the Virginia County, vol. 74, no. 9, p. 18, Sept. 1952.
External links
- Works by Edna Henry Lee Turpin at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Edna Henry Lee Turpin at Internet Archive