" A national bestseller when first published in 1901, Mrs. Wiggs of the
Cabbage Patch endures today as one of the most memorable literary
creations by a Kentucky author. This immensely popular novel spawned
several movies (with such stars as W.C. Fields and Shirley Temple),
countless stage productions, radio shows, and even dolls. Alice Hegan
Rice spins the memorable tale of a family struggling against all odds in
the Cabbage Patch, an old Louisville slum "where ramshackle cottages
played hop-sc