The Log-Cabin Lady
A 1922 anonymous memoir of a frontier-born woman's education in manners and marriage to a diplomat, published without a name to protect its author.
- Original byline
- Anonymous
- Published
- Date not recorded
- Form
- Other works
- Authorship
- Still unknown
- Reason for anonymity
- Unrecorded
- Copyright
- Public domain
The authorship story
The Log Cabin Lady appeared in 1922, an autobiography first serialized in a women's magazine, telling of a girl born in a Western log cabin who marries into diplomatic society and painfully acquires the manners of two continents. It was published anonymously, the magazine vouching for its truth while shielding the socially prominent author, and no identification has entered the documented record. The book survives as a small classic of American self-making and as an example of anonymity used to let a true story be told without social cost.
Questions readers ask
Who wrote The Log-Cabin Lady?
Nobody knows. No author for The Log-Cabin Lady has been identified in the documented record.
Can I read The Log-Cabin Lady for free?
Yes. The Log-Cabin Lady is in the public domain and the full text is free to read at Project Gutenberg.
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