Charles H. Schnapps

Very little biographical information about this author appears to be readily available in major online reference sources. What can be confirmed is that Charles H. Schnapps is credited as the author of Archag, the Little Armenian, a book published in English in 1920 by E. P. Dutton & Company.

The Project Gutenberg text also shows that the book was translated from the French by Margaret P. Waterman, which suggests Schnapps originally wrote in French or was published in French before the English edition appeared. The story was part of the “Little Schoolmates” series, a group of books that introduced young readers to children and cultures from different countries.

Because so little else could be verified from reliable sources during this search, it is safest to remember Schnapps primarily through this surviving work: a children’s novel centered on an Armenian boy and shaped by the history and hardships of the Armenian people in the early 20th century.