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Charles M. Miller
Best known for lively early 20th-century books on kite making, this practical writer turned hands-on school craft into something inventive, playful, and competitive. His work captures a time when building and flying kites was both a pastime and a way to spark curiosity.
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Kitecraft : and kite tournaments
by Charles M. Miller
About the author
Charles M. Miller was an American writer and educator associated with the Los Angeles school system, where he served as assistant supervisor of manual training. His books grew out of school-based craft work and focused on helping young readers and teachers build, fly, and enjoy kites in a practical, organized way.
He is best known for The Construction and Flying of Kites (1909) and Kitecraft and Kite Tournaments (1914), both published by The Manual Arts Press. In these works, he combined clear instruction with enthusiasm for making things by hand, and he also described the kite activities and tournaments that developed in Los Angeles schools.
Not much biographical detail was easy to confirm beyond his educational role and published work, but the surviving books show a writer deeply interested in creativity, skill, and learning by doing. For readers today, his work offers both useful historical instruction and a charming glimpse into early recreational education in America.