Eleanor Talbot Kinkead, also known as Mrs. Thompson Short, was a writer in the United States. Several of her works were made into films including ''

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'' adapted by

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from her magazine story "Shackles", ''

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'' based on one of her stories, and ''

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''. She was born in

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, a judge, was her father. Her sister was a poet. She was the great-granddaughter of

Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 – July 18, 1826) was the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. He was also a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War, the American Revolutionar ...

, Kentucky's first and fifth

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, and his estate featured in her work. She wrote the novel ''Florida Alexander, a Kentucky Girl''.

Bibliography

*''Florida Alexander, a Kentucky Girl'' (1898) *''The Invisible Bond'' (1906) *''The Courage of Blackburn Blair'' (1907) *''The Spoils of the Strong'' (1920) *''Young Greer of Kentucky''

References

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