Plantation Bird Legends by Martha Strudwick Young

Plantation Bird Legends by Martha Strudwick Young

Martha Strudwick Young

1862-1941

Martha Young, a native of Newbern, Alabama, demonstrated literary talent from an early age and received her education at esteemed academies. Her works encompassed dialect stories, poems, and essays, which gained recognition and drew comparisons to the renowned writer Joel Chandler Harris. Young's contributions to literature include notable publications such as Plantation Songs for My Lady Banjo, Plantation Bird Legends, and Bessie Bell, with her writing evolving to encompass children's literature as well. Additionally, she engaged in public readings of her work and continued to produce poems on religious and sentimental subjects in the later years of her life.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org

1902

Plantation Bird Legends. New York; RH Russell Co, 1902.

AL Book Collection

Young, Martha Strudwick, “Plantation Bird Legends by Martha Strudwick Young,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed October 5, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/9056.