Becoming Elizabeth Lawrence

Download or read book Becoming Elizabeth Lawrence written by Emily Herring Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Preston Bridgers was the pride of Raleigh, North Carolina, where she founded the Little Theatre, a New Deal Federal Theatre project. Her talent for friendship and for identifying the talent of others led to her correspondence with Elizabeth Lawrence, who would become one of America's best garden writers. By 1942, she was so successful that her book, A Southern Garden, was published. Through the letters by Elizabeth to Ann featured here, readers can glimpse what life in a Southern town was like for women, especially during the 1930s and 1940s. Elizabeth discusses family, friends, books, plays, travels, ideas, and, of course, writing. In 2004, on what would have been her 100th birthday, Elizabeth (who died in 1984) was featured as one of the 25 greatest gardeners in the world by Horticulture magazine. That acclaim would never have come her way without her friendship with Ann Preston Bridgers.