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S. B. C. (Susan Blagge Caldwell) Samuels
1848–1931
A 19th-century American writer of children's stories and novels, she published as S. B. C. Samuels and drew on a life shaped by teaching, family life, and literary work in Massachusetts. Her books include Johnstone's Farm, Nettie's Trial, and Cherry, the Singer.
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Eric or, Under the Sea
by S. B. C. (Susan Blagge Caldwell) Samuels
About the author
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Susan Blagge Caldwell Samuels (1848–1931) was known in print as S. B. C. Samuels. She was the daughter of U.S. Navy Commodore Charles H. B. Caldwell, and before her marriage she taught in Waltham and Boston.
She married naturalist and writer Edward Augustus Samuels, and contemporary reference material notes that she wrote children's stories, including work published in juvenile magazines and religious periodicals. Catalog and library records also show a steady run of books under her name, among them Johnstone's Farm, or The Burning Prairie (1870), Nettie's Trial (1871), Cherry, the Singer (1876), and Adele.
Although not widely remembered today, her career reflects the lively world of 19th-century writing for young readers. Her fiction combines domestic feeling, moral testing, and adventure in a way that helps modern listeners glimpse the values and storytelling style of her era.