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Margaret Carver Leighton

マーガレット・カーバー・レイトン

Māgaretto Kābā Reiton

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1896-12-20 （Oberlin, Ohio）
Died
1987-06-19 （Santa Monica, California） age 90
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Cambridge, Massachusetts → France → Switzerland → Westfield, New Jersey → California → Santa Monica, California

Career

Occupations
Children's author
Active Years
1938-1973
Affiliations
Santa Monica Public Library Board of Trustees, Authors Guild (Authors League of America), P.E.N.
Memberships
Westfield, New Jersey Board of Education, Los Angeles center of P.E.N. (president 1957-1959)

Education

Radcliffe College
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1918
Country: United States
Attended schools in Cambridge, Massachusetts; France; and Switzerland during father's sabbaticals

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Shelley's Mary: A Life of Mary Godwin Shelley

1973 Biography

A biography of Mary Godwin Shelley for children.

Women's livesHistorical figures

Bibliography

  • Junior High School Plays: Ten Short Plays on the American Epic
  • The Secret of the Old House
  • Twelve Bright Trumpets
  • The Secret of the Closed Gate
  • The Singing Cave
  • Judith of France
  • The Sword and the Compass: The Far-Flung Adventures of Captain John Smith
  • The Secret of Bucky Moran
  • The Story of Florence Nightingale
  • The Story of General Custer
  • Who Rides By?
  • Comanche of the Seventh
  • The Secret of Smuggler's Cove
  • Journey for a Princess
  • Bride of Glory: The Story of Elizabeth Bacon Custer
  • Voyage to Coromandel
  • The Canyon Castaways
  • A Hole in the Hedge
  • Cleopatra, Sister of the Moon
  • The Other Island
  • Shelley's Mary: A Life of Mary Godwin Shelley

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Accessible prose for children
Recurring Motifs
Historical adventuresHeroic tales

Legacy

American children's author known for historical and biographical works inspired by her own children.

Archives

  • Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries
  • Washington State University
  • University of Oregon
  • Library of Congress

Trivia

  • Married James Herbert Leighton in 1921 (died 1935); four children: James Herbert, Mary, Thomas Carver, and Sylvia.