Harriet Mann Miller (pen names Olive Thorne and Olive Thorne Miller; 25 June 1831 25 December 1918) was an American author, naturalist, and ornithologist. She was one of the first three women raised to elective membership in the American Ornithologists' Union. Miller wrote stories for leading magazines. At the start of her career, her articles appeared under the pen name "Olive Thorne" while after marriage, she used the signature of "Olive Thorne Miller". Her books include: Little Folks in Feathers and Fur (1879), Queer Pets at Marcys (1880), Little People of Asia (1882), Birds Ways (1885), In Nesting Time (1888), and also a serial story entitled, "Nimpos Troubles", published in the St. Nicholas Magazine, in 1874.
The Children's Book of Birds combines under a single cover the First and Second Books of Birds, originally published in 1899 and 1901 respectively and still popular with children in and out of school and with other beginners in the study of birds.The book is intended to interest...
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