Dotty Dimple Out West

Juvenile Literature

Sophie May, 1833-1906.

Dotty Dimple Out West

Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, 1869

“Sophie May” was the pseudonym of Rebecca Sophia Clarke. Born in Norridgewock, Maine, she grew up there and was educated at the Norridgewock Female Academy. At 18, she moved to Evansville, Indiana, and taught school for 10 years. She developed hearing problems, however, and returned to Norridgewock in 1861, living the rest of her life there with her sister. She was a prolific author (over 45 books for children), many of which are still in print. She drew her characters not as paragons of goodness but with realism and humor. There were six books in the Dotty Dimple series. “Out West” in this case means Indiana.

Sophie May, 1833-1906.

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