George Waldo Browne

Born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, on October 8, 1851, he grew up on a farm and began writing as a teenager. According to a biographical entry preserved by Northern Illinois University, he sold his first story at twenty-one, later taught school, and eventually edited and published youth magazines before turning fully to literature.

He was an exceptionally productive author. Sources consulted during this search describe him as a novelist, poet, historian, lecturer, and public speaker, and note that he wrote more than 100 serials and books along with over 1,000 short stories and articles. He also published some fiction under the pseudonyms Victor St. Clair and Marion Glendower.

His work ranged from popular fiction such as The Woodranger, Cavalry Curt, and Little Snap the Postboy to nonfiction and regional history including China: The Country and Its People, Japan: The Place and the People, The St. Lawrence River, Early Records of Londonderry, Windham and Derry, N. H., and The History of Hillsborough, N. H., 1735 to 1921. He died in Manchester, New Hampshire, on August 13, 1930.