author
Elizabeth Ida Samuel
b. 1860
A writer of early 20th-century nonfiction for young readers, she turned subjects like metals and mining into clear, lively stories. Her books invite curious listeners into the history behind everyday materials.
1 Audiobook
The story of iron
by Elizabeth Ida Samuel
About the author
Born in 1860, Elizabeth Ida Samuel is known today through a small group of educational books that explain the story of important materials in an approachable way for younger readers. Catalog records for her work list her as "Elizabeth Ida Samuel, 1860-", but the sources I found did not clearly confirm further biographical details such as her birthplace or date of death.
Her best-known books include The Story of Gold and Silver and The Story of Iron, published in the early 1900s. These works reflect a style of popular nonfiction that aimed to make industry, science, and history understandable and interesting to general readers, especially children.
Although little personal information was easy to verify, her surviving books suggest a writer interested in turning practical knowledge into engaging reading. That makes her work a good fit for listeners who enjoy vintage educational writing with a strong sense of curiosity about how the world is made.