author
Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Rand
1837–1903
Best known as a 19th-century American clergyman who also wrote lively books for young readers, he mixed adventure, travel, and history in stories that kept appearing well into the early 1900s. His work now survives largely through library and public-domain collections, giving modern listeners a window into an older style of juvenile fiction.
2 Audiobooks
At the Black Rocks
by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Rand
The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play
by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Rand
About the author
Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1837, Edward Augustus Rand was an American clergyman and writer. Reliable library and reference sources describe him as both a minister in the Episcopal tradition and a prolific author of books for younger readers.
Rand wrote across several popular late-19th-century modes, including adventure tales, historical fiction, sea stories, and travel-themed books for children and teens. Catalog and archive records connect his name with titles such as Two College Boys, Fifer-Boy of the Boston Siege, At the Black Rocks, and All Aboard for the Lakes and Mountains, which suggests a career centered on energetic, morally shaped storytelling for young audiences.
He died in 1903. Although he is not widely known today, many of his books remain accessible through major public-domain and library collections, and they still offer a clear sense of the values, settings, and storytelling rhythms that shaped American juvenile fiction in his era.