Harriet Mann Miller

Harriet Mann Miller (born June 25, 1831, Auburn, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 25, 1918, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American children’s author whose writing tended to either heartrending fiction about desolate children or lively, factual nature pieces. Harriet Mann grew up in various towns as her itinerant father drifted from place to place, and her schooling was consequently irregular. In 1854 she married Watts T. Miller. She devoted a number of years to domestic cares, but...