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Harriet Comstock
BornHarriet Theresa Smith
(1860-08-12)August 12, 1860
Nichols, New York
Died1943 (aged 82–83)
OccupationWriter (novelist)
NationalityAmerican
Period20th century
GenreJuvenile fiction
SpousePhilip Comstock
Children2

Harriet Theresa Comstock (August 12, 1860[1] – 1943) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Biography

Comstock was born to Alpheus Smith and Jean A. Downey in Nichols, New York. She received an academic education in Plainfield, New Jersey. In 1885, she married Philip Comstock of Brooklyn, New York. She started writing in 1895, mostly short stories for magazines and books principally for children.[2]

Works

  • Molly, the Drummer Boy (1900)
  • A Boy of a Thousand Years Ago (1902)
  • The Queen's Hostage (1906)
  • Janet of the Dunes (1908)
  • Joyce of the North Woods (1911)
  • A Son of the Hills (1913)
  • The Place Beyond the Winds (1914)
  • The Vindication (1917)
  • Mam'selle Jo: A Novel of the St. Lawrence Country (1918)
  • Unbroken Lines (1919)
  • The Shield of Silence (1921)
  • At the Crossroads (1922)

Reference

  1. ^ John Adams Comstock (1949). A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America. Priv. print. for the author by the Commonwealth Press. p. 248.
  2. ^ Who Was Who in America. Vol. 5. Chicago, U.S.: Marquis Who's Who Inc. 1973. p. 146.

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