Jean Webster (Daddy Long Legs) at 150
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of author Jean Webster (Alice Jane Chandler Webster, 1876-1916). Webster’s best known book Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) was adapted for stage and screen many times, fueling our interest in the source. Webster’s mother was Mark Twain’s niece. Her father Charles Luther Webster was Twain’s business manager and publisher. He […]