Author. Edward used the pen-name "Bellamy Partridge" and he was most noted for his novels, "The Country Lawyer" (1939), a best-selling historical book about his father's life as a small town lawyer in Phelps, New York; and its sequel, "The Big Family" (1941). He also authored other works, as well as some television episodes in the 1950s. A collection of his works, including some personal correspondence, can be found in the Special Collections Center of the Syracuse University Library in Syracuse, New York.
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The Atlantic
October 1939 Issue
by Bellamy Partridge
Country Lawyer is an unpretentious, highly anecdotal, and entertaining account of village life in Ontario County. New York, during the horse-and-buggy era. Samuel Selden Partridge, the author's father, native of Rochester, looking about for a place in which to start his career, selected the town of Phelps, originally known as ' Woodpecker Village.' He moved there just, after the Civil War during the first administration of General Grant, practised law there for fifty years, and died before the concrete road, the motorbus, the movie, and the radio had entirely changed its character.
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12 Mar 2024
Author. Edward used the pen-name "Bellamy Partridge" and he was most noted for his novels, "The Country Lawyer" (1939), a best-selling historical book about his father's life as a small town lawyer in Phelps, New York; and its sequel, "The Big Family" (1941). He also authored other works, as well as some television episodes in the 1950s. A collection of his works, including some personal correspondence, can be found in the Special Collections Center of the Syracuse University Library in Syracuse, New York.
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The Atlantic
October 1939 Issue
by Bellamy Partridge
Country Lawyer is an unpretentious, highly anecdotal, and entertaining account of village life in Ontario County. New York, during the horse-and-buggy era. Samuel Selden Partridge, the author's father, native of Rochester, looking about for a place in which to start his career, selected the town of Phelps, originally known as ' Woodpecker Village.' He moved there just, after the Civil War during the first administration of General Grant, practised law there for fifty years, and died before the concrete road, the motorbus, the movie, and the radio had entirely changed its character.
Contributor # 47001358
12 Mar 2024
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