author
Asenath Carver Coolidge
1830–1915
A prolific early-20th-century American writer, she published novels, stories, and reform-minded works with memorable titles and a strong point of view. Her surviving books suggest a writer drawn to public questions as much as to fiction.
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The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury
by Asenath Carver Coolidge
About the author
Asenath Carver Coolidge (1830–1915) was an American author whose work is now scattered across library catalogs, digitized archives, and Project Gutenberg. Confirmed titles linked to her include The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury, Prophet of Peace, Human Beings vs. Things, The Scoundrel of Militarism, Christmas vs. Fourth of July, and Cherry Feasts for Barbarous Fourths.
The titles alone show how wide her interests were: some works read like fiction, while others clearly engage with civic, moral, and anti-militarist themes. Records from HathiTrust, the Library of Congress, Open Library, and Project Gutenberg show that she remained active as an author well into the early 1900s.
A memorial record also notes that the artist Cassius M. Coolidge was her first cousin and that he illustrated her books, which fits with catalog records crediting him as illustrator for at least one of her works. I wasn't able to confirm many personal biographical details beyond her lifespan and bibliography, so this overview focuses on the published record that is clearly documented.