Charles Clark Munn

Born in Southington, Connecticut, on May 11, 1848, Charles Clark Munn spent his boyhood on a farm and was educated in country schools. He left farm life at seventeen and later worked for many years as a commercial traveler, experience that gave him a broad view of people and places before he turned to writing.

Munn became known as an American novelist whose fiction often centered on New England settings, especially the Maine coast. Among the works most often associated with him are Pocket Island, Uncle Terry: A Story of the Maine Coast, and Rockhaven, all remembered for their strong sense of place and interest in ordinary lives.

He died in 1917. Today, he is chiefly remembered as a regional storyteller who captured the atmosphere of small-town and coastal life with sympathy and an easy narrative style.