Charlotte MacLeod
1922 – 2005
Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine (1)
Visual Text
Click above to read about the griffin Charlotte MacLeod had commissioned from her friend Robert John Guttke for one of her novels. (7)
Virtual Visit – Landmarks & Museums
Click here to read about Charlotte MacLeod’s family ties and homes throughout her life (8)
Primary Sources
Click above to read a series of letters written by Charlotte MacLeod to her dear friend Robert John Guttke (5)
Text Excerpts & Access to Books
Click above to read short stories from The Odd Job, a collection of 17 of Charlotte MacLeod’s short stories originally published in 1987, then in this ebook format in 2012 (it was published as An Awful Shame and other Short Stories in 2002.) (9) The link will open The Odd Job at Google Books.
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Text Excerpts
Obituary for Charlotte MacLeod in the Boston Goble (3)
Obituary for Charlotte MacLeod in the Portland Press Herald (6)
Find-a-Grave Cemetery Record
Photo & website credits:
1. “Charlotte Matilda MacLeod.” Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2007. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000062780/LitRC?u=brun84057&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=04fa2b18. Accessed 21 Mar. 2022.
2. https://quotes.pub/q/nor-did-she-merely-smile-she-glowed-with-inner-goodness-that-565337
3. Tom Long, Globe S. “CHARLOTTE MACLEOD, AUTHOR OF MORE THAN 30 MYSTERIES: [THIRD EDITION].” Boston Globe, 4. Jan 21, 2005. ProQuest, http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/authmaine.asp?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/404938081?accountid=17222.
4. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/68536.Charlotte_MacLeod?from_search=true&from_srp=true
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20070203051029/http://www.cinemind.com/macleod/
6. Writer, Ann S. K. S. “Charlotte M. MacLeod, Award-Winning Author of Mysteries: [FINAL Edition].” Portland Press Herald, Jan 16, 2005, pp. B7. ProQuest, http://galesupport.com/mainegeo?pl=http://search.proquest.com/newspapers/charlotte-m-macleod-award-winning-author/docview/277149899/se-2?accountid=17222.
7. http://www.cinemind.com/macleod/main.html
8. http://thepassingtramp.blogspot.com/2018/11/black-mass-and-cozy-class-unexpected.html
