Angus Buchanan

Born in 1886, Angus Buchanan built a varied life as an architect, explorer, and writer. He is remembered for books including Three Years of War in East Africa, Wild Life in Canada, and Exploration of Aïr: Out of the World North of Nigeria, which drew on his own travels and field experience.

Buchanan’s writing has an immediate, firsthand quality. He combined the eye of a naturalist with the instincts of an adventurer, describing landscapes, animals, and the practical realities of travel in remote regions in a way that still feels lively and direct.

He died in 1954. For readers of travel and exploration writing, his books offer a window into the early twentieth century through the voice of someone who was not just reporting from afar, but living the journeys he described.