author
Cy Warman
1855–1914
A railroad man turned bestselling storyteller, he brought the speed, danger, and romance of the rails into poems, stories, and journalism. Best known as the "Poet Laureate of the Rockies," he wrote with the firsthand energy of someone who had lived the life he described.
4 Audiobooks
The last spike, and other railroad stories
by Cy Warman
The White Mail
by Cy Warman
The Prospector, and The Silver Queen
by Cy Warman, Fitz-Mac
About the author
Born Cyrus Warman on June 22, 1855, in Illinois, he became an American journalist, poet, and author whose work was closely tied to the railroad world and the American West. He was widely known in his lifetime as the "Poet Laureate of the Rockies," a nickname that captured both his subject matter and his popular appeal.
Before gaining literary fame, Warman worked around railroads, including as a locomotive engineer in Colorado, and that experience shaped much of his writing. His stories and poems often drew on the drama of train travel and frontier life, helping him connect with a large readership in newspapers and magazines.
Warman died on April 7, 1914. He is still remembered for railroad tales such as A Thousand Miles in a Night and for books including The Story of the Railroad, which reflect his lasting fascination with rail travel and western adventure.