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Rosalind Richards
1874–1964
A writer from a remarkable literary family, she brought rural New England to life in fiction and children's books with a warm eye for landscape, animals, and everyday character. Her best-known work, A Northern Countryside, reflects a strong feel for Maine and the natural world.
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A Northern Countryside
by Rosalind Richards
About the author
Born in Boston on June 30, 1874, she was the daughter of writer Laura E. Richards and the granddaughter of Julia Ward Howe. Contemporary archival and bibliographic records identify her as an American writer, and surviving references connect her closely with Maine as well as with a highly literary family background.
Her published books include Two Children in the Woods and A Northern Countryside (1916). A letter preserved by the Theodore Roosevelt Center shows that A Northern Countryside drew notice from Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote to her about the book and its animal observations.
She died on July 13, 1964. Although she is not widely remembered today, the record of her work suggests an author interested in nature, place, and the textures of everyday life.