Wiggs of the cabbage patch, illustrated by everett shinn. Eggs benedict 2 poached eggs on a english muffin topped with hollandaise sauce choices. With fay bainter, carolyn lee, hugh herbert, barbara jo allen. Alice hegan rice spins the memorable tale of a family struggling. Wiggs farm breakfast 2 eggs any style, patch potatoes or potato cakes and choice of country sausage or thick sliced bacon or honeybaked ham. Marguerite clark mary carr vivia ogden gladys valerie gareth hughes jack maclean robert milash maud hosford mary davis anita brown lawrence johnson marion steward lola hermander may mcavoy wanda valle lovey mary clark, who protects other children in the orphanage from monitors, becomes so. Wiggs of the cabbage patch by alice hegan rice and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles.
Wiggs is a poor woman living in dilapidated housing with her four children. When i was a child i received a book for christmas entitled mrs. I guess the responsibility falls on pauline lords shoulders. Wiggs of the cabbage patch by alice caldwell hegan rice. Fields and shirley temple, countless stage productions, radio shows, and even d. A national bestseller when first published in 1901,mrs. Rice also started the cabbage patch settlement house the same area of town the book depicts for undeserved children which still exists today.
Wiggs of the cabbage patch was released in 1901, and it became the second best selling book of 1902. Wiggs of the cabbage patch 1942 a woman fay bainter scrapes by with her five children and neighbors hugh herbert, vera vague while her husband hunts gold in alaska. Wiggs of the cabbage patch, rice published over two dozen books in all. Hegan wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is. Wiggs of the cabbage patch wikisource, the free online library.
Her boyfriend bob arranges to take wiggs sick boy to a hospital. Alice caldwell hegan rare books and first editions at bauman. Wiggs of the cabbage patch 1934 directed by norman. Wiggs of the cabbage patch by alice hegan rice was a favorite childrens book of the victorian era. It has been read but shows minimal wear for a book of its age and isnt missing any pages. The wiggs family plan to celebrate thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without mr. Mrs wiggs cabbage patch, first edition abebooks passion for books. Wiggs of the cabbage patch, the second bestselling book of 1902, is basically a grownup pollyanna, a decade before pollyanna. A national bestseller when first published in 1901, mrs. Mckavey also, taped into back endboard is the original wedding invitation betwen alice caldwell and mr.
Mother pauline lord scrapes by with brood and neighbors w. Many were produced in other languages, and are still in publication today. First state binding with sky stamped in gilt later bindings stamped in white. Generally considered the best of many incarnations of alice hegan rices sentimental story, the first sound version of mrs. Alice hegan rice january 11, 1870 february 10, 1942 was an american novelist. Wiggs of the cabbage patch, 1934, directed by norman taurog, with pauline lord, w. Mrs wiggs of the cabbage patch was rices first novel. It didnt take long for these unique toys to start flying off the shelves. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Mrs wiggs of the cabbage patch 1934 was released on.
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The film stars broadway stage actress pauline lord, and is one of only two films she appeared in. What is the value of the book mrs wiggs of the cabbage patch. She is uneducated but wise with a lifetime of experience and. Wiggs of the cabbage patch on this particular sunday morning mrs. Wiggs of the cabbage patch endures today as one of the most memorable literary creations by a kentucky author. Rice was inspired to write the book during her philanthropic work in a louisville, kentucky slum area, where she met an optimistic and cheerful woman who. Wiggs of the cabbage patch are as fresh and dewy as a spring morning. Wiggs, mary carr who made a screen career of playing kindly old ladies, also performed the role on stage. After signing contract with appalachian artworks, inc. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before. Here is the story of a brave httle woman who, under the most discouraging cir cumstances, still keeps a smiling face toward a confident tomorrow. Wiggs sang over her ironing, and asia worked diligently in her flowerbed. Alice hegan rice spins the memorable tale of a family.
It tells the tale of a southern family humorously coping with poverty. Wiggs of the cabbage patch 1934 was yet another screen version of the alice hegan rice story about a poor family led by an optimistic matriarch. Wiggs of the cabbage patch is a 1901 novel by american author alice hegan rice, telling of a southern familys humorously coping with poverty. To my ann cary on her twelfth birthday from mandy on first end paper. Wiggs of the cabbage patch 1934 doesnt touch its never with the poverty drama, nor with the comedy.
Rice was inspired to write the book during her philanthropic work in a kentucky slum area. Mrs wiggs and her brood of childern are literally starving on the wrong side of the tracks. Wiggs of the cabbage patch broadway play original ibdb. Wiggs, the impecunious but everoptimistic matriarch of a large, fatherless brood. This immensely popular novel spawned several movies with such stars as w. Wiggs of the cabbage patch by alice caldwell hegan 1901. Wiggs of the cabbage patch is a 1934 american comedydrama film, directed by norman taurog, and is based on the 1904 broadway play by anne crawford flexner, which itself is taken from the novel of the same name by alice hegan rice. Taped in on front endboard is a handwritten signed letter from the author dated 11 days after her marriage to cale young rice, dated december 29, 1902 to mrs. Wiggs is a widow who always looks at the positive side of people and things.
The story has been turned into four movies, including one which starred w. She lives with her children in the cabbage patch which in reality is just a neighborhood where ramshackle cottages played hopscotch over the railroad tracks. Best known for his comedy brewsters millions, recipient george barr mccutcheon published his first novel graustark in the same year mrs. Wiggs of the cabbage patch by alice caldwell hegan. Rices turnofthecentury novel, about a goodhearted woman with a large brood waiting patiently for her husband to return home, was adapted for the stage in 1904 and given. Wiggs of the cabbage patchchapter 10 wikisource, the. Mrs wiggs of the cabbage patch by hegan, alice caldwell. Wiggs of the cabbage patch by alice hegan rice chapter 10. Born in shelbyville, kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is mrs.
Wiggs of the cabbage patchendures today as one of the most memorable literary creations by a kentucky author. Alice caldwell hegan rare books and first editions at. Wiggs of the cabbage patch 1934 gets a shot of comic adrenaline from w. Wiggs of the cabbage patch alice caldwell hegan rice. Small scuff on outside edge of rear cover, else fine hardcover. Wiggs of the cabbage patch original, play, comedy, broadway opened in new york city sep 3, 1904 and played through jan 1905. Wiggs of the cabbage patch the best sellers of 1902. Around the corner of the shed which served as cubas dwellingplace, australia and europena made mudpies. Its high position enhanced its value, giving it the cruel fascination of the unattainable. Wiggs of the cabbage patch generally considered the best of many incarnations of alice hegan rices sentimental story, the first sound version of mrs.
What is the value of the book mrs wiggs of the cabbage. A young orphan runs away from the orphanage with the illegitimate baby of another orphan and finds a home with mrs. I am goin to make you all some nice irish pertater soup fer dinner, she said, as she came in from the parlor, where she kept her potatoes and onions. A renowned stage actress that only did 2 motion pictures.
Alice hegan rice was a wildly famous author from louisville, kentucky at the turn of the century. Its not really as good as pollyanna though, or perhaps its just that books in which youre meant to laugh at poor people dont hold up quite as well as books in which youre meant to laugh at children. A best seller in 1902, the book was set in louisville, kentucky where she then lived, mrs wiggs was both a. Wiggs was a philosopher, and the sum and substance of her philosophy lay in keeping the dust off her rosecolored spectacles hegan, alice caldwell. The title character is a widow with several daughtersnamed after the continents, because she thinks that geographical names are refinedand an employed. Wiggs of the cabbage patch february 16, 1919 youtube. Wiggs of the cabbage patch full length plays browse. Early in this century six road companies toured a stage version for years. The real story about grosse pointe parks cabbage patch. Wiggs of the cabbage patch1903century co4 12 x 7153harcover bookillustratedsigned by author. Wiggs of the cabbage patch as a novel has delighted readers for years. Henry joy in the early part of the 1900s, because the charming little houses there reminded her of the illustrations in the popular book mrs.