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Martha Finley

(1828 - 1909)

Martha Finley was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa Brown Finley, she was born on April 26th, 1828 in Chillicothe, Ohio. Finley wrote many of her books under the pseudonym Martha Farquharson. She died in 1909 in Elkton, Maryland, where she moved in 1876.

Genres: Inspirational

Series

Elsie Dinsmore
   1. Elsie Dinsmore (1867)
   2. Elsie's Holiday At Roselands (1868)
   3. Elsie's Girlhood (1872)
   4. Elsie's Womanhood (1875)
   5. Elsie's Motherhood (1876)
   6. Elsie's Children (1877)
   7. Elsies Widowhood (1880)
   8. Grandmother Elsie (1882)
   9. Elsie's New Relations (1883)
   10. Elsie At Nautucket (1884)
   11. The Two Elsies (1885)
   12. Elsies Kith and Kin (1886)
   13. Elsie's Friends At Woodburn (1887)
   14. Christmas with Grandma Elsie (1888)
   15. Elsie and the Raymonds (1889)
   16. Elsie Yachting With The Raymonds (1890)
   17. Elsie's Vacation (1891)
   18. Elsie At Viamede (1892)
   19. Elsie At Ion (1893)
   20. Elsie At the World's Fair (1894)
   21. Elsie's Journey On Inland Waters (1895)
   22. Elsie At Home (1897)
   23. Elsie On the Hudson (1898)
   24. Elsie in the South (1899)
   25. Elsie's Young Folks (1900)
   26. Elsie's Winter Trip (1902)
   27. Elsie and Her Loved Ones (1903)
   28. Elsie and Her Namesakes (1905)

Mildred Keith
   1. Mildred Keith (1876)
   2. Mildred At Roselands (1880)
   3. Mildred And Elsie (1881)
   4. Mildred's Married Life (1882)
   5. Mildred At Home (1884)
   6. Mildred's Boys and Girls (1894)
   7. Mildred's New Daughter (1886)

Life of Faith (with Kersten Hamilton)
A Life of Faith Collection (omnibus) (2006)

Collections

Casella (1868)

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