author
C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
1844–1931
Best remembered for lively adventure tales and old-time Maine stories, this prolific writer brought the woods, rivers, and small-town life of New England vividly onto the page. He also spent decades writing for young readers, mixing frontier action with a strong sense of place.
4 Audiobooks
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
When Life Was Young: At the Old Farm in Maine
by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
Left on Labrador; or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht "Curlew" As Recorded by "Wash"
by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
The Ark of 1803: A Story of Louisiana Purchase Times
by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
About the author
Born in Norway, Maine, in 1844, Charles Asbury Stephens published under the name C. A. Stephens. He wrote short stories, serialized fiction, and articles, and became especially closely associated with The Youth's Companion, where his work reached a wide audience of young readers.
His fiction often drew on Maine life and outdoor adventure, including hunting, camping, and travel narratives. Alongside his writing career, he studied medicine and earned an M.D. from Boston University, a reminder of how varied 19th-century literary lives could be.
Stephens died in 1931, but his books and stories have continued to attract readers interested in classic American juvenile fiction, regional writing, and the atmosphere of rural Maine.