Agnes Rothery (1888–1954), or Agnes Edwards Rothery, was the pen name of American writer Agnes (née Edwards) Pratt. Primarily known as a

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, she also published novels. Rothery died in 1954 in

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. Her papers are at the

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Selected works

* ''A fitting habitation'', 1944 * ''Family album'', 1942 * ''Miss Coolidge, a comedy in one act'', 1927 * ''Into what port?'', illustrations by Carl Burger, 1931 * ''Images of earth: Guatemala'', 1934 * ''Central American roundabout'', illustrated by Kurt Wiese, 1944 * ''Sweden, the land and the people'', 1938 * ''South America; the west coast and the east'', 1930 * ''Scandinavian roundabout'', illustrated by George Gray, 1946 * ''South American roundabout'', illustrated by Carl Burger, 1940 * ''Central America and the Spanish Main'', 1929 * ''Washington roundabout'', illustrated by Carl Burger, 1942 * ''Virginia, the new dominion'', by Agnes Rothery, illustrated by E. H. Suydam, 1940 * ''New roads in old Virginia'', by Agnes Rothery; with illustrations by Alice Acheson, 1929 * ''Cape Cod'', 1918 * ''A garden rosary'', 1917 * ''The house of friendship'', 1915 * ''Houses Virginians have loved''. Illustrated with photos, 1954

References

1888 births 1954 deaths 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers American travel writers American women travel writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers American women novelists {{US-novelist-1880s-stub