Allen Kelly

Allen Kelly was an American author remembered chiefly for Bears I Have Met—and Others, published in 1903. Library and public-domain records identify him as Allen Kelly (1855–1916), and the book remains the work most closely associated with his name.

That collection brings together stories of bears, hunting, and outdoor life on the Pacific Slope, with particular attention to the California grizzly. The writing mixes anecdote, natural observation, and frontier-era adventure, giving modern listeners a window into how wildlife and the American West were described at the start of the twentieth century.

Reliable biographical details beyond his dates and authorship are scarce in the sources I could confirm here. Even so, his surviving work has endured through library collections and public-domain editions because of its direct voice, strong sense of place, and lasting appeal for readers interested in wilderness writing and animal stories.