LAMB, MARY ELIZABETH JORDAN: 1839-?
Aside from the entry " Mary E. Lamb , widow of George W. Lamb" in a Crawfordsville, Ind., city directory for 1903, the existence of presentation copies of her two novels to her fellow-citizen, Mary Hannah Krout, and vague recollections of contemporary residents of Crawfordsville, no information on Mrs. Lamb's life has been located.
Local tradition establishes her residence in Crawfordsville at least between the approximate dates, 1894-1908, and her two romantic novels (one laid in the South and the other, with a Southern girl as heroine, in a European scene) appear to have been rather widely circulated.
Information from sources listed above.
- The Mystery of Walderstein, a Story from the Life of Two
Prussian Officers. Chicago [1894].
- Irene Liscomb, a Story of the Old South.
New York [1908].
