See now, I just had to answer this: Amelia Peabody Emerson. From the Amelia Peabody Emerson book series. First one is Crocodile on a Sandbank I think. Very good - very tongue in cheek. Don't ask me the author, I can't remember. I could of course google it, but myeh.
( The History of the Cuttlefish; or How I Started Reading Amelia Peabody Emerson )