author
Charles Henry Lerrigo
1872–1955
A physician as well as a storyteller, this early 20th-century writer brought real-world experience to adventure fiction, health writing, and historical novels. His life moved from England to Kansas, from medical practice to military service, giving his books an unusually practical edge.
1 Audiobook
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow
by Charles Henry Lerrigo
About the author
Born in Birmingham, England, Charles Henry Lerrigo later immigrated to the United States and built a career in Topeka, Kansas, as a physician. Archival records describe him as a doctor and writer who graduated with an M.D. from the Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri in 1900 and went on to practice medicine for many years.
His life reached beyond the clinic. University archival summaries note that he served in France during World War I as the commanding officer of an ambulance company, and that he also worked on medical boards while writing novels, health articles, and newspaper columns.
As an author, he is especially associated with early popular fiction such as The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters, along with other books including The Castle of Cheer and A Son of John Brown. Some sources disagree on his birth year, giving either 1872 or 1875, so that detail is best treated with caution.