Her father, Author S. Hoyt was an English Literature professor at Hamilton College.
In her younger years, she had private tutors and attended European boarding schools.
[5] Swift's book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge has sold more than 400,000 copies.
After the United States Coast Guard's plans to tear down the Little Red Lighthouse, Swift's book was used by fans to help make the site a national landmark.
Eleanor Roosevelt praised Swift for admonishing young people to care for the wilderness in her writings.