author
Cy Warman
1855–1914
Remembered as the “Poet Laureate of the Rockies,” this American journalist and author turned railroad life, western travel, and frontier adventure into vivid stories that captivated readers of his day. His work blends the excitement of the rails with a warm, highly readable feel for place and character.
4 Audiobooks
The White Mail
by Cy Warman
The last spike, and other railroad stories
by Cy Warman
The Prospector, and The Silver Queen
by Cy Warman, Fitz-Mac
About the author
Born in Greenup, Illinois, in 1855, Cy Warman worked at a range of jobs before becoming widely known as a writer, including time connected with railroad work in the American West. That experience shaped much of his writing and helped give it its strong sense of motion, landscape, and everyday working life.
Warman became a journalist, poet, and author best known for railroad stories and western-themed writing. During his lifetime he was often called the “Poet Laureate of the Rockies,” a nickname that reflects both his popularity and his close association with mountain and frontier settings.
He published poetry, songs, fiction, and nonfiction, and earned particular attention for tales that brought trains and long-distance travel to life for general readers. He died in Chicago in 1914, but his writing remains of interest as a lively record of railroad culture and the spirit of the late nineteenth-century West.