Who is Sarah Pratt Mclean Greene

Sarah Pratt McLean Greene (July 3, 1856 – December 28, 1935) was an American regionalist writer whose novels of local life were set in New England and the western United States. She published her earlier books as Sally Pratt McLean and later books as Sarah P. McLean Greene.

Early life and education

Sarah "Sally" McLean was born in 1856 in Simsbury, Connecticut, the fourth of five children of Dudley Bestor McLean and Mary (Payne) McLean. Her brother George P. McLean became a governor of Connecticut and U.S. senator.McLean was educated at private schools and then at Mount Holyoke Seminary (the precursor to Mount Holyoke College). In 1874, after two years at the seminary, she went to teach in the Cedarville, Massachusetts, school system for a year.

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  • De Massa Ob De Sheepfol'
    De massa ob de sheepfol'
    Dat guard de sheepfol' bin,
    Look out in de gloomerin' meadows
    Whar de long night rain begin-...
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