author
Harriet S. (Harriet Sophia) Caswell
1834–1910
A 19th-century missionary and writer, she left behind fiction, sketches, and a vivid account of life among the Iroquois in New York state. Her work blends storytelling with firsthand observation, giving modern listeners a window into another era.
3 Audiobooks
The Path of Duty, and Other Stories
by Harriet S. (Harriet Sophia) Caswell
Walter Harland : or, Memories of the past
by Harriet S. (Harriet Sophia) Caswell
Stories and Sketches
by Harriet S. (Harriet Sophia) Caswell
About the author
Born in 1834, Harriet S. Caswell wrote novels, short fiction, and nonfiction, and her books were widely circulated enough to be preserved by Project Gutenberg and other library collections.
She is especially remembered for Our Life Among the Iroquois Indians (1892), a book drawn from missionary life among the Seneca and Cayuga in New York state. Library and archive records also connect her to earlier works such as Stories and Sketches and Walter Harland; or, Memories of the Past.
Genealogical and catalog records identify her full name as Harriet Sophia Caswell and place her life from 1834 to 1910. Some records also refer to her later as Harriet Sophia Clark Caswell Broad.