Dillon Wallace

Born in New York in 1863, Dillon Wallace built an unusually varied career as a lawyer, outdoorsman, and writer. He is chiefly remembered for books and articles drawn from wilderness travel, especially in Labrador, where his expeditions gave his writing its vivid firsthand quality.

His first major success was The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905), an account connected with the ill-fated Hubbard expedition. The book became a bestseller, and he went on to publish many more works spanning travel writing, adventure fiction, and nonfiction for general readers.

Wallace died in 1939, but his books have had a long afterlife through reprints and public-domain editions. Readers who enjoy classic exploration writing often come to him for the mix of danger, endurance, and close attention to the northern landscape.