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Mary D. (Mary Dummett) Nauman
1839–1920
A 19th-century American novelist whose surviving books suggest a taste for domestic fiction and imaginative storytelling, including the unusual fantasy tale Eva’s Adventures in Shadow-Land. Writing under the name Mary D. Nauman, she left behind a small but intriguing body of work from the late 1800s.
1 Audiobook
Eva's Adventures in Shadow-Land
by Mary D. (Mary Dummett) Nauman, Clara F. (Clara Florida) Guernsey
About the author
Mary D. Nauman, also listed as Mary Dummett Nauman and later Mary D. Nauman Robinson, was an American author born in 1839 and died in 1920. Library and book-record sources connect her with several 19th-century works, including Sidney Elliott (1869), Clyde Wardleigh’s Promise (1873), and Eva’s Adventures in Shadow-Land, the last associated in some catalogs with Clara F. Guernsey.
What stands out most about her work is its range. The titles linked to her include domestic and sentimental fiction, along with a more fanciful venture into shadowy, imaginative territory. That mix gives her a distinctive place among lesser-known American writers of the period.
Reliable online records for her life are limited, and I could not confirm a suitable portrait image from pages available during this search. Even so, her books remain traceable through major public-domain and library catalogs, where her name still surfaces as a small but memorable part of 19th-century American print culture.