Abbie Farwell Brown
(1871 - 1927)
Abbie Farwell Brown was an American author. She founded a school newspaper. Her In the Days of Giants (1902) featured stories from Norse mythology and remained a standard text in libraries for generations.
Bibliography
The Curious Book of Birds (1903)
A collection of folk tales about birds. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.
In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales (1902)
Sixteen Norse tales from the Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
John of the Woods (1909)
A young orphan escapes from the strolling tumblers who have abused him and finds refuge with a hermit in the forest. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
The Lonesomest Doll (1928)
The story of a proud little queen and her beautiful, lonesome doll.