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Gulielma Zollinger
1856–1917
An Iowa writer who began publishing young and went on to write popular fiction for younger readers, with stories including A Boy's Ride and The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys. Her books often center on family, hardship, and adventure, giving them a warm, old-fashioned energy that still reads clearly today.
2 Audiobooks
A Boy's Ride
by Gulielma Zollinger
The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys
by Gulielma Zollinger
About the author
Born in 1856, Gulielma Zollinger was an American author associated with Newton, Iowa. Available reference pages identify her as the daughter of Jeremiah Rummell Zollinger and Elizabeth Marian Zollinger, and list her life dates as 1856–1917.
Her published work includes The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys, A Boy's Ride, Maggie McLanehan, and The Rout of the Foreigner. Surviving library and public-domain records show that her books were widely circulated enough to remain available through collections such as Project Gutenberg and The Online Books Page.
The biographical record online is fairly slim, but it suggests a writer remembered mainly through her fiction rather than through a large public literary profile. What stands out most today is the durability of her storytelling: more than a century later, readers can still find and enjoy her books in digital archives.