Mary Brecht Pulver


Mary Brecht Pulver, was a writer in the United States. Some of her work was adapted to film.

Biography

Mary Agnes Brecht was born in Pennsylvania. She graduated from the first state normal school at Millersville and the School of Applied Art in Philadelphia. She married George Winfield Pulver and they lived in Deposit, New York.
Her father was an educator, principal, and school superintendent in Lancaster.
Her husband died falling into a river while fishing.
She was survived by her son Gordon Winfield Pulver.

Career

She wrote stories for various publications. She also wrote poetry.
Her story "Western Stuff" is included in The Only Two Ways to Write a Story by John Gallishaw published in 1928.
Ida Lublenski Ehrlich adapted one of her short stories into the play Helena's Boys. Mrs. Fiske portrayed the "reactionary" mother in the comedy.
In The Spring Lady she wrote about a woman in New York City who retreats from her business focused husband to an anonymous life on the countryside. Her writing was included in Short Stories of the New America. Her book Tales That Nimko Told was described as, "Amusing stories and clever verses told to a little boy by the fairy Nimko. Mary Sherwood Wright illustrated it. The book includes the story "The Dwarf and the Cobbler's Sons" that was republished in 1929 in More Story-Hour Favorites.

Selected works

  • Tales That Nimko Told
  • The Spring Lady
  • National Publications Containing Short Stories "Pennsylvania Dutch Series" by Mary Brecht Pulver; And Her Biography, Including a Collection of Her Verse and a Listing of Her Stories,

Short stories

  • "The Song Domestic"
  • "The Path of Glory" in The Saturday Evening Post selected as among the "Best of American Short Stories"
  • "Black Mountain"
  • "The Secret"
  • "Lucifer"
  • "The Secret Phoenix of Syria"
  • "The Amazon"
  • "Heroic Treatment"
  • "The Everlasting Eve"
  • "The Man Who Was Sure of Himself"
  • "Fortune's Favorites"

Filmography