Edward G. (Edward Gheen) Cheyney

Edward G. Cheyney (Edward Gheen Cheyney, 1878–1950) wrote both nonfiction and fiction, with a strong focus on forestry and the natural world. Library and catalog records connect his name with works such as The Farm Woodlot, American Silvics and Silviculture, Forestry in Minnesota, and What Tree Is That?, showing a career centered on explaining forests, trees, and land use in clear, practical terms.

He also wrote popular juvenile adventure novels, including the Scott Burton books, which follow a young forester through outdoor settings and timber-country conflicts. Those stories suggest the same blend that makes his work distinctive: technical knowledge shaped into accessible, engaging reading.

The available sources make him look less like a purely literary figure and more like a writer-educator whose books helped bring forestry to general readers, students, and young people interested in the outdoors.