Charles Lanman

Born in Monroe, Michigan, in 1819, Charles Lanman built a varied career as an author and journalist. Early in life he worked in business and newspaper offices, and he later became known for writing travel and outdoor books that drew on firsthand experience in North America.

Many of his best-known works center on wilderness travel, fishing, canoe journeys, and life on the American frontier. Titles associated with him include Adventures of an Angler in Canada, Nova Scotia and the United States, A Summer in the Wilderness, and Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces. He also wrote biographical and historical reference works connected with American public life.

Lanman spent part of his career in Washington, D.C., where he worked in government service while continuing to write. He died in 1895, leaving behind books that capture both the excitement of outdoor adventure and a 19th-century view of the American landscape.