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Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson

1855–1932

Best known for vivid travel books on Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines, this American writer and newspaper correspondent brought distant places to readers through firsthand reporting. His later books turned closer to home, celebrating the architecture and character of old New England.

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Cuba, Old and New

Cuba, Old and New

by Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson

About the author

Born in 1855 and identified in major library records as Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson, he wrote books that combined journalism, travel writing, and observation. The Library of Congress and HathiTrust list him as the author of The Porto Rico of To-day (1899), a book drawn from letters written for the Evening Post of New York during 1898, and The Philippines: the war and the people (1901), based on personal observations.

Robinson's published work suggests a writer deeply interested in places in transition. In addition to his reporting on Puerto Rico and the Philippines, booksellers and library catalogs also associate him with Cuba, Old and New and later with Old New England Doorways, showing a range that stretched from international affairs to American architectural history.

He died in 1932. Although detailed biographical information appears to be scarce online, the surviving record of his books presents him as a journalist-author who liked to make places feel immediate, readable, and real for a general audience.