Clara Moyse Tadlock (October 24, 1840 – July 14, 1926) was a British-born American poet and author known for her

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Literary career

A native of

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, Moyse Tadlock emigrated to the United States in 1848 with her mother, sister, grandparents and uncle. She lived in

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, before entering

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in 1857. She later lived in

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. She married Alexander Tadlock in

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, in 1865. Their only child, son Thomas Lewis Tadlock, died within a month of his birth in 1866. The Tadlocks are buried at Knoxville's Lynnhurst Cemetery. Moyse Tadlock authored two books, ''Solomon Grinder's Christmas Eve and Other Poems'' (1885) and ''Bohemian Days'' (1889). She also was a correspondent for ''The Maryville Times'' in

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, writing about her travels.

Reception

In his bibliography of American travel literature, Harold Frederick Smith described ''Bohemian Days'' as "a woman's account of a pleasure tour around the world, west to east." ''Smalley's Magazine'' also reviewed the book, describing it as "a lively book of travel, which takes the reader around the entire circuit of the globe... the work is written in a chatty, feminine fashion, with little aid from guide books, and has the charm of a frank, personal narrative." Amanda B. Harris in ''Good Housekeeping'' wrote, "she saw many things that a woman would specially notice while a man would hardly see them at all."Preparing Coffee
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Selected works

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