About Eliza Ware Farrar
Lived 1791 – 1870 (aged 78). Eliza Ware Farrar was an American writer.
Eliza Ware Farrar (July 12, 1791– April 22, 1870) was an American writer who wrote several books in children's literature.
Early years Eliza was born in Dunkirk, France, as Eliza Ware Rotch to Benjamin and Elizabeth Rotch who were a family of successful whaling merchants. In 1834, she appeared in the American Annals of Education for the announcement of her upcoming book The Letter-Writer. in which she discuses her life in an autobiographical fashion.
Selected works The Children's Robinson Crusoe (Boston, 1830) - coauthored with Defoe Daniel The Story of the life of Lafayette (1831) John Howard (Cambridge, 1833) Youth's Letter-Writer (1834) The Young Lady’s Friend (Boston, 1836)
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American writer
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Eliza Ware Farrar was born on 12 July 1791 in Dunkirk.
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Eliza Ware Farrar died on 22 April 1870 in Springfield.
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Eliza Ware Farrar was a writer.
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