Elizabeth Croom Bellamy
Elizabeth Croom Bellamy | |
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Kamba Thorpe | |
| Born | Elizabeth Whitfield Croom April 17, 1837 Quincy, Florida, U. S. |
| Died | April 13, 1900 (aged 62) Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
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Charles E. Bellamy
(m. 1858; died 1863) |
| Children | 2 |
Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy (née Croom; pen name, Kamba Thorpe; 1837–1900) was an American author of novels, short stories, and essays. She also taught school for many years. Her first novels were, Four Oaks (1867), and The Little Joanna (1876). Under her own name, she published Old Man Gilbert (1888) and Benny Lancaster (1890). She was a frequent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, Appleton's Magazine, The Cycle, The Youth's Companion, and many other periodicals.