The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science

This controversial biography of the founder of the Christian Science church was serialized in McClure¹s Magazine in 1907-8 and published as a book the next year. It disappeared almost overnight and has been difficult to find ever since. Although a Canadian newspaperwoman named Georgine Milmine collected the material and was credited as the author, the book was actually written by Willa Cather, an editor at McClure¹s at that time. Cather¹s biography of Mary Baker Eddy remains the fullest portrait to date of the eccentric and spellbinding religious leader. This biography contains ³some of the finest portrait sketches and reflections on human nature that Willa Cather would ever write.²Georgine Milmine is the author of 'The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science', published 2001 under ISBN 9780788199059 and ISBN 0788199056.