Edmund Flagg

Born in 1815, Edmund Flagg was an American author, journalist, and diplomat whose work ranged from travel writing to fiction. He wrote about the expanding American West and about his experiences overseas, building a reputation as a lively observer of the places he visited.

Among his best-known works is The Far West, 1836–1837, a travel narrative valued for its picture of frontier America in the years before major western settlement. He was also associated with U.S. diplomatic service, which helped shape the international side of his writing.

Flagg died in 1890. Much of his work is still read today by readers interested in 19th-century travel, American expansion, and firsthand accounts of a changing nation.