author
Emilie Van Beil Jacobs
b. 1875
Best known for a warm, practical geography book for young readers, this early-20th-century writer focused on helping children understand the world closest to home. Her work begins with everyday places and gradually opens outward to a wider view of community and environment.
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Where We Live A Home Geography
by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs
About the author
Emilie Van Beil Jacobs was an American author born in 1875. The main work that can be confirmed from readily available library and public-domain records is Where We Live: A Home Geography, published in Philadelphia by the Christopher Sower Company in 1913.
That book presents geography through familiar surroundings rather than distant maps alone, inviting young readers to start with school, streets, homes, plants, animals, and local life before moving to broader ideas about the earth. The approach gives her writing a clear educational purpose and an accessible, observant tone.
Very little biographical information beyond her name, birth year, and authorship of Where We Live could be confirmed from the sources reviewed here, so this profile stays close to the record. Even so, her surviving work shows a thoughtful teacherly style and an interest in making geography feel immediate and useful.