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    Elsie Singmaster

    Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

     

     

     

    Photographed by Karl Stelly, July 11, 2013

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    Elsie Singmaster Marker

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    Elsie Singmaster. . , Born at Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, Elsie Singmaster came to Gettysburg in 1901 where her father taught and served as president of the Seminary. A prolific writer for almost 50 years, Elsie Singmaster authored more than 300 short stories and nearly 40 books.

    Her stories appeared in such magazines as Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Atlantic Monthly.

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    Two of her favorite topics were Pennsylvania Germans and the Battle of Gettysburg. The setting for her novel Swords of Steel (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933) was right here on Seminary Ridge. It was a Newberry Award honor book in 1934.

    For many years Elsie Singmaster Lewars lived in the house which bears her name just across the lawn from this spot. She was a prominent cit