Frances Boyd Calhoun

Miss Minerva and William Green Hill (Dodo Press) Frances Boyd Calhoun

Frances Boyd Calhoun (1867-1909) was an American author and teacher, known today for just one work, the 1909 best-selling childrenâ??s book, Miss Minerva and William Green Hill, which was published just a few months before her death from a long illness. Miss Minerva and William Green Hill was incredibly popular, capturing the imagination of the American youth. It was the first in a series of 12 Miss Minerva books that appeared between 1909 and 1939, the remainder were written by Emma Speed Sampson (1868-1947).