The problem is, the photograph is not of Eleanor M. Ingram, but of one Eleanor M. Moore (1875-1949), an Australian peace activist. The photo appears as the frontispiece to her book, The Quest for Peace as I Have Known It in Australia (1949).
Below is the real Eleanor M. Ingram, author of The Thing from the Lake, along with a photo of her father, lawyer John W. Ingram (1861-1937), with whom Eleanor shows a decided family resemblance.
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| Eleanor Marie Ingram |
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| John W. Ingram |
As we know, once an error gets on the internet it proliferates beyond the capacity for correction. But I post a correction here in the hope of forestalling the proliferation somewhat. We'll see if it has any effect.
Thank you for the research and posting. I have a book of Ms. Ingram's: Stanton Wins, 1911. It's a rather implausible but romantic story about early automobile racing and the work of a "mechanician". I was interested in the author and am glad I found this. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteYes, Ingram mostly wrote romance novels. Her one horror novel was published posthumously, and it's the main reason she it remembered!
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