Esther Morgan McCullough (1888 – June 14, 1957) was an American novelist and anthologist.

Biography

Esther Morgan Park McCullough was born in

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, to Eliza Hall (Park) McCullough and John G. McCullough, an attorney and future governor of Vermont. She and her siblings Hall, Eliza, and Ella were raised in their mother's family mansion, now known as the Park-McCullough Historic House. McCullough wrote novels such as ''Archangel House'' (1935) and ''The Five Devils of

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'' (1955). The latter, which was about the effect of murder on families living on the fringes of Dublin in the 1880s, was praised by critics as a masterpiece of suspense. Her largest project was ''As I Pass, O Manhattan'' (1956), a 1200-page anthology of writing about life in New York from its earliest days that encompassed some 200 authors and ranged from poetry to biography. Hailed as a "magnificent tribute to a mighty city", this compendium of "literary New Yorkiana" is still being used by other writers. Her unpublished biography of painter

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is among the Harriet Blackstone Papers in the Smithsonian Institution. McCullough was also a musician and served for a time as director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.

Personal life

Her longtime companion was the pianist

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Publications

*''—And Forever'' (1935) *''Archangel House'' (1939) *''The Five Devils of Kilmainham'' (1955) * ''As I Pass, O Manhattan: An Anthology of Life in New York'' (1956)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCullough, Esther Morgan 1888 births 1957 deaths American women novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers Novelists from Vermont American historical novelists Burials in Vermont