Agnes Rothery


Agnes Rothery, or Agnes Edwards Rothery, was the pen name of American writer Agnes Pratt. Primarily known as a travel writer, she also published novels.
Rothery died in 1954 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her papers are at the University of Virginia.

Selected works

A fitting habitation, 1944Family album, 1942Miss Coolidge, a comedy in one act, 1927Into what port?, illustrations by Carl Burger, 1931Images of earth: Guatemala, 1934Central American roundabout, illustrated by Kurt Wiese, 1944Sweden, the land and the people, 1938South America; the west coast and the east, 1930Scandinavian roundabout, illustrated by George Gray, 1946South American roundabout, illustrated by Carl Burger, 1940Central America and the Spanish Main, 1929Washington roundabout, illustrated by Carl Burger, 1942Virginia, the new dominion, by Agnes Rothery, illustrated by E. H. Suydam, 1940New roads in old Virginia, by Agnes Rothery; with illustrations by Alice Acheson, 1929Cape Cod, 1918A garden rosary, 1917The house of friendship, 1915Houses Virginians have loved. Illustrated with photos, 1954