The Pride of Sarah Worthington

Alice Carey
1820—1871

Alice Carey was born in Mount Heather, Ohio. She was a prolific writer of poetry and fiction, and after the publication of her first volume of poems, she moved to New York City where she hosted literary salons. Carey’s novels and short fiction of small town life in Ohio established her as an important influence in the development of American local color writing. Her short fiction is gathered in Clovernook or Recollections of Our Neighborhood in the West (1852) and Clovernook’s Children (1855).

PAL: Alice Cary (1820—1871) and Phoebe Cary (1824—1871)

This Perspectives in American Literature page contains a brief biography of the sisters Cary, a list of primary works, and a brief bibliography of secondary sources.

Wright American Fiction, 1851—1875

This site contains an easily accessed e-copy of Clovernook divided into chapters.

Preserve Ohio Poster

This site offers a brief biography of Cary and places her within the context of other Ohio writers.

EAF Authors: Alice Cary

This site at the University of Virginia Library contains a picture, a brief biography, and the e-text of several of Cary’s works.

"The Pride of Sarah Worthington"