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Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919) was a prolific British-American novelist, whose literary career was both productive and influential in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, Barr moved to the United States after a series of personal tragedies, including the deaths of her husband and three of their children to yellow fever. Settling in Texas and later New York, s...