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Edwin Hamlin Carr

1865–1945

A teacher, Methodist minister, and language guide writer from Indiana, he created practical books meant to help people speak and write with more confidence. His best-known works gather polished phrases, model letters, and ready-made help for conversation and public speaking.

1 Audiobook

Putnam's Phrase Book An Aid to Social Letter Writing and to Ready and Effective Conversation, with Over 100 Model Social Letters and 6000 of the World's Best English Phrases

Putnam's Phrase Book An Aid to Social Letter Writing and to Ready and Effective Conversation, with Over 100 Model Social Letters and 6000 of the World's Best English Phrases

by Edwin Hamlin Carr

About the author

Born in Rushville, Indiana, in 1865, Edwin Hamlin Carr was the son of Leonidas H. Carr and Anna J. Havens Carr. He taught in the Rushville schools, later graduated from Syracuse University, also studied at DePauw University, and married Annie Foster Jackson.

Carr entered the Methodist ministry in 1895 and served churches in several New York towns. Alongside his church work, he wrote and compiled books designed to make expression easier and more graceful for everyday readers.

His books include Putnam's Handbook of Expression, first issued under the title The Happy Phrase, as well as Putnam's Phrase Book and Putnam's Ready Speech-Maker. They show a clear interest in practical communication, offering model letters, useful phrases, and speaking aids for social and public occasions. He died in 1945.