Evelyn Saxton

Evelyn Saxton is known for Droll Stories of Isthmian Life, a collection first published in 1914. The book draws on experiences in Panama during the era of the Panama Canal and mixes storytelling, social observation, and humor.

Available sources suggest she was an American woman who went to Panama during the canal-building years. Her writing is often noted for its attention to everyday life on the Isthmus, including the communities, workers, and medical world that shaped the region at the time.

Little clearly confirmed biographical information was easy to verify beyond her authorship of this book, so the safest way to approach her is through the work itself: a lively, firsthand-feeling portrait of Panama in a period of enormous change.