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{{short description|American novelist (1863–1942)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
| image = Eleanor Atkinson NSRW1-0010.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Atkinson in ''The New Student's Reference Work''
| birth_date = January 7, 1863
| birth_place = [[Rensselaer, Indiana]], [[United States]]
| birth_name = Eleanor Stackhouse
| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|11|4|1863|1|7}}
| death_place =
| other_names =
| known_for =
| pseudonym = Nora Marks
| notable_works = ''[[Greyfriars Bobby (novel)|Greyfriars Bobby]]'' (1912 novel)
| occupation = Author, journalist, teacher
| nationality = American
| spouse = {{marriage|Francis Blake Atkinson|1890|}}
| children = two daughters: Dorothy, Frances
}}
'''Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson''' (January 7, 1863 – November 4, 1942)<ref name="Kunitz1955">{{cite book|author=Stanley Kunitz|title=Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. Supplement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d9_TAAAAMAAJ|year=1955|publisher=H. W. Wilson|page=32}}</ref> was an American [[writer]], [[journalist]] and [[teacher]].

==Marriage==
Born Eleanor Stackhouse in [[Rensselaer, Indiana]], she later married Francis Blake Atkinson, also an author. The couple had two daughters, Dorothy Blake (b. 1892) and Frances Eleanor (b. 1899).<ref name="Leonard1914"/>

==Career==
She taught in schools in both [[Indianapolis]] and [[Chicago]]. She wrote for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' as a [[stunt girl]] reporter under the [[pseudonym]] "Nora Marks" from 1888 to 1890,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Todd |first=Kim |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1244546167 |title=Sensational : the hidden history of America's "girl stunt reporters" |date=2021 |isbn=978-0-06-284361-6 |edition= |location=New York, NY |oclc=1244546167 |author-link=Kim Todd | page=61}}</ref> and later became publisher of the [[Little Chronicle Publishing Company]], Chicago; this published several of her own works, along with other educational books and the ''Little Chronicle'', an [[illustrated newspaper]] intended for young children.

While she wrote both fiction and non-fiction, the former mostly romances and the latter mostly educational books, she is best known for her 1912 novel ''[[Greyfriars Bobby (novel)|Greyfriars Bobby]]''. This popular work recounted the famous story of [[Greyfriars Bobby|the eponymous dog]]; most of the modern versions of the story seem to stem from her form of the tale. Many details of the book, especially those regarding the dog's master are inaccurate; until recently it was assumed that she had no opportunity for original research of her setting. It seems likely that she worked from the basic story and embellished it from her own imagination. The story, however, ''is'' lovingly detailed; the descriptions of the geography may be somewhat confused, but effort was clearly made to get names correct, and to get across the atmosphere of the city. Unusually for someone with no connection to the country, her portrayal of the local accent was convincing and strongly phrased; this suggests it is possible she picked up the story directly from Scottish immigrants to the Midwest.

: ''"I wullna gang to the infairmary. It's juist for puir toon bodies that are aye ailin' an' deein'." Fright and resentment lent the silent old man an astonishing eloquence for the moment. "Ye wadna gang to the infairmary yer ainsel', an' tak' charity."''

The book is often considered a classic, especially for children, and has been reprinted several times; it was the basis for the films ''[[Challenge to Lassie]]'' ([[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]], 1949)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041238/ ''Challenge to Lassie (1949)'']: [[Internet Movie Database|IMDB.com]] website. Retrieved on January 23, 2008.</ref> and ''[[Greyfriars Bobby (1961 film)|Greyfriars Bobby]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]], 1961),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054944/ ''Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961)'']: IMDB.com website. Retrieved on January 23, 2008.</ref> although both of these postdated her death. Both films starred [[Donald Crisp]].

==Personal life==
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Blake's daughter, Eleanor Blake, wrote a detective novel, ''Death Down East'' (1942). Her son, Atkinson's grandson, was the movie and television actor [[Wally Cox]]. Her husband Francis Atkinson was a fellow newspaperman and opened The Little Chronicle Publishing Company with her.

==Selected works==
*''Mamzelle Fifine : A Romance of the Girlhood of the Empress Josephine on the Island of Martinique'' (1903)
*''Boyhood of Lincoln'' (1908) (also published as ''Lincoln's Love Story'')
*''Story of Chicago and National Development, 1534-1910.'' (1910)
*''[[wikisource:The New Student's Reference Work|New Student's Reference Work for Teachers, Students and Families]]'' (1911)
*''[[wikisource:Greyfriar's Bobby|Greyfriar's Bobby]]'' (1912)
*''Loyal Love'' (1912)
*''Johnny Appleseed: The Romance of the Sower'' (1915)
*''Pictured Knowledge; Visual Instruction Practically Applied for the Home and School'' (1916)
*''Hearts Undaunted : A Romance of Four Frontiers'' (1917)
*''"Poilu," a Dog of Roubaix.'' (1918)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Leonard1914">{{Citation
| editor1-first = John William
| editor1-last = Leonard
| title = Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914–1915
| publisher = American Commonwealth Company
| page = 59
| year = 1914
| location = New York
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GvwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59
| postscript= .
}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{wikisource|works=or}}
* {{Gutenberg author |id=1001| name=Eleanor Atkinson}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson |birth=1863 |death=1942}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311110248/http://www.eleanoratkinson.org/ Eleanor Atkinson]: a tribute site by Inez Visser

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