author
Alexandra Agusta Guttman Lockwine
b. 1863
A little-known early 20th-century writer, she is remembered for Camping (1911), a lively, affectionate book built around the pleasures of camp life and outdoor adventure. The surviving record is sparse, which gives her work an added sense of curiosity and rediscovery.
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Camping
by Alexandra Agusta Guttman Lockwine
About the author
Born in 1863, Alexandra Agusta Guttman Lockwine is chiefly known today through her 1911 book Camping. Library of Congress and HathiTrust catalog records list her full name and birth year, while the book itself and later cataloging connect her with the shorter form Alexandra G. Lockwine.
Contemporary editions of Camping present the book under the name "Biddy," explaining that this was Alexandra G. Lockwine "in real life," and some catalog records identify her as an R.N. The book has a warm, energetic tone, mixing humor, outdoor enthusiasm, and an easy familiarity with camp routines.
Very little biographical information about her seems to be readily available in major public sources beyond these publication details. Even so, Camping has lasted long enough to be preserved by Project Gutenberg, the Library of Congress, Archive.org, and HathiTrust, which suggests a modest but enduring place in the history of early recreational writing.