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Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson
1855–1932
A newspaper correspondent and author, Albert Gardner Robinson turned firsthand observations of the Spanish-American War and America’s new overseas territories into vivid books about Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuba. His work offers a revealing look at how the United States viewed the Caribbean and Pacific at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Cuba, Old and New
by Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson
Old New England houses
by Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson
About the author
Albert Gardner Robinson was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, on February 21, 1855, and died on August 30, 1932. He worked as an American newspaper correspondent and author, writing about international affairs during a period of rapid change in U.S. foreign policy.
In 1898, Robinson traveled to Puerto Rico as a war correspondent for The Evening Post of New York, accompanying one of the first American military units to enter the island after the landing at Guánica. His experiences became the basis for The Porto Rico of To-Day: Pen Pictures of the People and the Country (1899).
Robinson later wrote The Philippines: The War and the People (1901), Cuba and the Intervention (1905), and Cuba, Old and New (1915). His books combine travel writing, historical commentary, personal observation, and political analysis, while also reflecting the imperial attitudes of the era in which he wrote.