author
Samuel Scoville
1872–1950
Best known for blending outdoor adventure with close observation of the natural world, this American author wrote for both children and adults with a naturalist’s eye. His books often draw on birdlife, woodlands, and the everyday drama of the outdoors.
6 Audiobooks
Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers
by Samuel Scoville
The Inca Emerald
by Samuel Scoville
Wild Folk
by Samuel Scoville
Everyday Adventures
by Samuel Scoville
A Biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
by William Constantine Beecher, Mrs. H. W. Beecher, Samuel Scoville
Ihinen ja peto
by Samuel Scoville
About the author
Born in Norwich, New York, in 1872, Samuel Scoville Jr. was an American writer, naturalist, and lawyer. He studied at Yale and later trained in law, but he became especially known for books that joined storytelling with a strong interest in wildlife and the outdoors.
Scoville wrote adventure fiction, nature writing, and historical works, including books for younger readers. He is often associated with stories inspired by birdlife and the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, and his work reflects a lifelong habit of observing the natural world closely.
He died in 1950. Today, he is remembered as a versatile early-20th-century author whose writing helped make nature, history, and outdoor life feel vivid and approachable.