Quote by: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

They don't take the Bible as a general thing, sailors don't; though I will say that I never saw the man at sea who didn't give it the credit of being an uncommon good yarn. ("Kentucky's Ghost")


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Author Bio


  • NameElizabeth Stuart Phelps
  • DescriptionAmerican author, intellectual and feminist
  • AliasesAuthor of Ellen's idol,; Mary Gray Phelps; Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; E. S. Phelps
  • BornAugust 31, 1844
  • DiedJanuary 28, 1911
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist