Eva March Tappan

Eva March Tappan (December 26, 1854 – January 29, 1930) was an American teacher and author born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, the only child of Reverend Edmund March Tappan and Lucretia Logée. Eva graduated from Vassar College in 1875. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and an editor of the Vassar Miscellany. After leaving Vassar she began teaching at Wheaton College, where she taught Latin and German from 1875 until 1880. From 1884–94 she was the Associate Principal at the Raymond Academy in Camden, New Jersey. She received graduate degrees in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Tappan was the head of the English department at the English High School at Worcester, Massachusetts. She began her literary career writing about famous characters in history and developed an interest in writing children books. Tappan never married.

Principal works

Adventures & Achievements. 1900 Poems & Rhymes. 1900 In the Days of Alfred the Great. 1900 Stories from Seven Old Favourites. 1900 In the Days of William the Conqueror. 1901 England's story; a history for grammar and high schools. 1901 In the Days of Queen Elizabeth. 1902 Robin Hood, : His Book. 1903 A Short History of England's Literature. 1905 American Hero Stories. 1906 A Short History of America's Literature. 1907 The Out-Of-Door Book. 1907 The Chaucer Story Book. 1908 The Story of the Greek People. 1908 Old World Hero Stories, or European Hero Stories. 1909 The Story of the Roman People. 1910 Dixie Kitten. 1910 An Old, Old Storybook: Compiled from the Old Testament. (Editor) 1910 When Knights Were Bold. 1911 An Elementary History of Our Country. 1914 Heroes of the Middle Ages: Alaric to Columbus. 1914 The Little Book of the Flag. 1917 The Little Book of the War. 1918 Hero Stories of France. 1920 Heroes of Progress; Stories of Successful Americans. 1921