William Samuel Cardell (November 27, 1780 – August 10, 1828) was an early American fiction writer and scholar.
[1] He is best remembered for his sea stories for boys, which combined adventure tales with moral instruction.
[2] Cardell produced abundant fiction for younger readers, with titles like The Moral Monitor and The Orphans: an American Tale Addressed Chiefly to the Young.
Cardell advocated a democratic approach to the English language as opposed to British traditionalism; his correspondents included James Madison and John Quincy Adams.
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