author
Anne Longman
1887–1974
A Nebraska writer with a sharp eye for local history, she turned Lincoln’s streets, landmarks, and civic stories into lively reading. Her work is especially appealing for listeners who enjoy place-based history and glimpses of everyday life in the early twentieth century.
1 Audiobook
Seeing Lincoln
by Anne Longman
About the author
Born in 1887 and living until 1974, Anne Longman is remembered as a Nebraska author whose best-known work is Seeing Lincoln. That book is described by Project Gutenberg as a historical account of Lincoln, Nebraska, highlighting the city’s development, notable people, and important places.
Other catalog and bookselling records connect her with Joseph Claggett Seacrest: A Biography, suggesting a strong interest in regional biography and civic history as well as local storytelling. Across the surviving records, her writing comes across as practical, informative, and closely tied to Nebraska’s people and institutions.
Reliable biographical detail about her life is fairly limited online, so the clearest picture comes from her published work itself: a writer focused on preserving the character and memory of her community.