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Author Rice, Alice Hegan, 1870-1942.

Title Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch / Alice Caldwell Hegan ; with an introd. by William F. Axton.

Imprint Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.

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Description 1 online resource (172 pages)
Note Print version record.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword ; Chapter I Mrs. Wiggs's Philosophy; Chapter II Ways and Means; Chapter III The ""Christmas Lady""; Chapter IV The Annexation of Cuby; Chapter V A Reminiscence; Chapter VI A Theater Party; Chapter VII ""Mr. Bob""; Chapter VIII Mrs. Wiggs at Home; Chapter IX How Spring Came to the Cabbage Patch; Chapter X Australia's Mishap; Chapter XI The Benefit Dance.
Summary A national bestseller when first published in 1901, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch endures today as one of the most memorable literary creations by a Kentucky author. This immensely popular novel spawned several movies (with such stars as W.C. Fields and Shirley Temple), countless stage productions, radio shows, and even dolls. Alice Hegan Rice spins the memorable tale of a family struggling against all odds in the Cabbage Patch, an old Louisville slum ""where ramshackle cottages played hop-scotch over the railroad tracks."" This hopeful story follows the Wiggs as they face eviction from thei.
Subject Widows -- Fiction.
Poor women -- Fiction.
Poor families -- Fiction.
Rural families -- Fiction.
Southern States -- Fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
FICTION -- Literary.
Poor families. (OCoLC)fst01071206
Poor women. (OCoLC)fst01071229
Rural families. (OCoLC)fst01101623
Widows. (OCoLC)fst01174951
Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Other Form: Print version: Rice, Alice Hegan. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813113913
ISBN 9780813158211 (electronic bk.)
0813158214 (electronic bk.)
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