How many copies did the book, written in 1877 by the author with close historical links to the Sewell Barn Theatre, sell?
Sewell Barn Theatre Sewell Barn Theatre is located in the grounds of Sewell Park Academy (formerly the Blyth school, later the Blyth-Jex school and Sewell Park College) on Constitution Hill in Norwich, England. It is home to a popular amateur theatre company, with close historical links to the author Anna Sewell who wrote "Black Beauty".
Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy (or Emily Whitfield Croom Bellamy; pen name, Kamba Thorpe; 1837–1900) was an American novelist and essayist, born in Quincy, Florida, 17 April, 1839. She was educated in Springer Institute, New York City. She taught in a female seminary in Eutaw, Alabama, for several years. Bellamy wrote under the pen-name "Kamba Thorpe" (sometimes misspelled, "Kampa Thorpe") "Four Oaks" (New York, 1867), and "Little Joanna" (New York, 1876). Additional works included "Old Man Gilbert" (1888) and the "The Luck of the Pendennings" (1895, Ladies Home Journal). She contributed essays to the "Mobile Sunday Times". Bellamy died in 1900.