Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847–1902,) born Mary Hartwell, pseudonym Lewtrah, was an American writer known for historical romances, short stories, and poetry. Her works blended Midwestern culture, dialects, and French colonial history with engaging storytelling.
Born in Luray, Ohio, she moved to Illinois as a child and attended Granville Female College, graduating in 1868. She initially worked as a teacher before pursuing writing full-time. Her early works focused on regional life in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, but she later shifted to French colonial themes, setting many novels along the Canada–U.S. border and Mackinac Island.
A key figure in Midwestern literature, she helped found the Western Association of Writers in 1886. Her notable publications include A Woman in Armor (1875,) Craque-o-Doom (1881,) Rocky Fork (1882,) The Romance of Dollard (1889,) The Story of Tonty (1890,) Old Kaskaskia (1893,) The White Islander (1893,) The Chase of Saint-Castin (1894,) Lazarre (1901,) and The Queen of the Swamp (1902.) Her historical novels often reflected French-American heritage, influenced by historian Francis Parkman.
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Next to the slanderer, we detest the bearer of the slander to our ears.
—Mary Hartwell Catherwood
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