author
Laura Preston
b. 1846
A 19th-century writer associated with California-themed fiction and history, she published novels and books for younger readers that reflect the region and era she wrote in.
2 Audiobooks
Chata and Chinita: A Novel
by Laura Preston
A Boy's Trip Across the Plains
by Laura Preston
About the author
Laura Preston was an American author born in 1846. The bibliographic record for her surviving works links her to several late 19th-century books, including In Bonds (1867), Chata and Chinita, A Boy's Trip Across the Plains, and A Popular History of California.
The available catalog and library sources suggest that her writing ranged from novels to historical and juvenile works, with a strong connection to California subjects. Some records also note that “Laura Preston” may have been a pseudonym, but the sources I found did not clearly confirm the person behind that name.
Because the online information is sparse and mostly bibliographic, a full personal biography is hard to verify. What does come through clearly is a writer whose books preserved stories of California and the American West for readers of her time.