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Broughton Brandenburg
1876–1963
An early 20th-century American journalist and author, he is best remembered for writing about immigration through firsthand reporting. His best-known book, Imported Americans, follows his undercover investigation of Italian immigrants' lives in the United States.
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About the author
Broughton Brandenburg (1876–1963) was an American newspaper correspondent and author. Public-domain library records for his work identify him as the author of Imported Americans (1904), a book based on the experiences of a disguised American and his wife studying immigration.
That book is his most visible surviving work today. It stands out for its attempt to report from close range on the lives of immigrants, especially Italians in the United States, and it reflects the muckraking, investigative spirit of the early 1900s.
Some historical newspaper references also describe him as a magazine writer. Reliable biographical details beyond his dates and his writing career are limited in the sources available here, so the safest picture is of a journalist-author whose reputation rests mainly on Imported Americans and related early 20th-century commentary on immigration.