Mary Brecht Pulver

Mary Brecht Pulver (née Brecht; 1882 – July 16, 1926),[1] was an American writer known for poems and short stories. Some of her work was adapted to film.

Earl life

Mary Agnes Brecht was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1882.[2] Her parents were Mary M. (née Wolfe) and Milton J. Brecht.[3] Her father was a teacher, principal, school superintendent, and public service commissioner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[3][2]

She graduated from the Pennsylvania State Normal School at Millersville.[2] In 1906, she attended the School of Applied Art in Philadelphia, graduating with a bachelor's and master's desgrees.[2]

Career

She wrote poetry and short stories for various anthologies and publications, inlcuding The Saturday Evening Post.[4][2] During World War I, her verses were used for Liberty Loan drives.[2] Her story "Western Stuff" is included in The Only Two Ways to Write a Story by John Gallishaw published in 1928.[5]

In The Spring Lady she wrote about a woman in New York City who retreats from her business focused husband to an anonymous life on the countryside.[6] Her writing was included in Short Stories of the New America.[7] Her book Tales That Nimko Told was described as, "Amusing stories and clever verses told to a little boy by the fairy Nimko.[8] Mary Sherwood Wright illustrated it. The book includes the story "The Dwarf and the Cobbler's Sons" that was republished in 1929 in More Story-Hour Favorites.[9]

Pulver was a member of the Authors' Guild, Authors' League of America, Penwomen of America, and the Press Club of Lancaster.[2]

Ida Lublenski Ehrlich adapted one of her short stories into the play Helena's Boys.[10][11] Mrs. Fiske portrayed the "reactionary" mother in the comedy.[12]

Personal life

She married Dr. George Winfield Pulver in Lancaster in 1906.[2] They lived in Deposit, New York, where her husband practice medicine.[4][2] The had a son, Gordon Winfield Pulver (1912–1983).[3] Her husband died in 1922 from drowning.[2]

She was a member of the Monday Afternoon Club and the Parent-Teacher Association of Bimghamton.[2]

She died in the hosptial in Philadelphia on July 16, 1926, after being sick for several weeks.[2]

Selected works

  • Tales That Nimko Told
  • The Spring Lady (1914)[13]
  • National Publications Containing Short Stories "Pennsylvania Dutch Series" by Mary Brecht Pulver; And Her Biography, Including a Collection of Her Verse and a Listing of Her Stories (1915),[14]

Short stories

  • "The Song Domestic"[15]
  • "The Path of Glory" in The Saturday Evening Post[16] selected as among the "Best of American Short Stories"[17][18]
  • "Black Mountain"[19]
  • "The Secret"[20]
  • "Lucifer"[21]
  • "The Secret Phoenix of Syria"[22]
  • "The Amazon"[23]
  • "Heroic Treatment"[23]
  • "The Everlasting Eve"[24]
  • "The Man Who Was Sure of Himself"[25]
  • "Fortune's Favorites"[26]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "The Writer". Writer, Incorporated. January 1, 1926 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Woman Who Won Fame for City with Pen Dies". Press and Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, New York. 1926-07-16. p. 10. Retrieved 2026-03-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Pulver: Mary Brecht Pulver Papers, 1882–1957".
  4. ^ a b Hills, William Henry; Luce, Robert (January 1, 1910). "The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers". Writer Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Gallishaw, John (January 1, 1929). "The Only Two Ways to Write a Story". G.P. Putnam's Sons – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "The Publishers Weekly". F. Leypoldt. January 1, 1914 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Publishers Weekly". R.R. Bowker Company. January 1, 1920 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Research, University of Iowa Institute of Character (January 1, 1928). "A Guide to Literature for Character Training ..." Macmillan – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "The Elementary English Review". Elementary English Review. January 1, 1925 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "America". America Press. January 1, 1924 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (January 1, 1924). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series" – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "Dress & Vanity Fair". Condé Nast. January 1, 1924 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Pulver, Mary Brecht (January 1, 1914). "The Spring Lady: By Mary Brecht Pulver ; with Frontispiece by Neysa McMein". Bobbs-Merrill Company – via Google Books.
  14. ^ National Publications Containing Short Stories "Pennsylvania Dutch Series" by Mary Brecht Pulver: And Her Biography, Including a Collection of Her Verse and a Listing of Her Stories. 1915.
  15. ^ Wheeler, Edward Jewitt; Crane, Frank (January 1, 1911). "Current Literature". Current Literature Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  16. ^ "The Bookman". Dodd, Mead and Company. January 1, 1918 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ Werlock, Abby H. P. (2009). Companion to Literature. Infobase. ISBN 978-1-4381-2743-9 – via books.google.com.
  18. ^ "The Best American Short Stories ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story". Houghton Mifflin Company. January 1, 1918 – via Google Books.
  19. ^ "Everybody's Magazine". 1922 – via books.google.com.
  20. ^ "Good Housekeeping ..." 1920 – via books.google.com.
  21. ^ O'Loughlin, R. S.; Montgomery, H. F.; Dwyer, Charles (1920). "The Delineator" – via books.google.com.
  22. ^ "The Saturday Evening Post". 1926 – via books.google.com.
  23. ^ a b "Lippincott's Monthly Magazine". 1914 – via books.google.com.
  24. ^ "The Southern Practitioner". 1913 – via books.google.com.
  25. ^ "The Green Book Magazine". 1915 – via books.google.com.
  26. ^ "Adventure". 1920 – via books.google.com.
  27. ^ "The Reel Cowboy" – via books.google.com.
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