author
Lucia Chase Bell
1848–1938
Best known for the spiritual tale Obil, Keeper of Camels, this late-19th- and early-20th-century American writer also published adventure and travel-themed fiction. Her surviving works suggest a taste for vivid settings, moral questions, and stories meant to carry readers far from ordinary life.
2 Audiobooks
All the World Over: Interesting Stories of Travel, Thrilling Adventure and Home Life
by Ella Farman Pratt, Lucia Chase Bell, Frank H. Converse, Louise Stockton
About the author
Born in 1848 and living until 1938, Lucia Chase Bell was an American author whose work now survives mainly through public-domain archives and audiobook catalogs. Reliable online records confirm her dates and identify her as the second wife of Thomas Cowan Bell, one of the founders of Sigma Chi.
Bell is most clearly documented today through a small body of published work. Project Gutenberg lists Obil, Keeper of Camels and credits her as one of the contributors to All the World Over: Interesting Stories of Travel, Thrilling Adventure and Home Life. Other catalog records also connect her with True Blue: A Story of the Great North-West.
What stands out in these titles is their range: religious fiction on one hand, and adventure, travel, and youthful storytelling on the other. Even with limited biographical detail available online, her books point to a writer drawn to big landscapes, strong feeling, and stories with a clear sense of purpose.