author
Harold DeWitt Roberts
1887–1956
Best known for co-authoring a lively guide to Colorado’s wildflowers, this Denver-based writer brought together close observation, photography, and a practical love of the outdoors. His work has endured as a window into mid-century natural history in the American West.
1 Audiobook
Colorado Wild Flowers
by Harold DeWitt Roberts, Rhoda N. Roberts
About the author
Harold DeWitt Roberts (1887–1956) is associated with Colorado Wild Flowers, a field guide created with Rhoda N. Roberts and later preserved by Project Gutenberg. The book presents Colorado’s flowering plants in an accessible way, mixing identification help with a clear affection for the region’s landscapes.
Contemporary catalog and library records also connect him to Denver and to the Denver Museum of Natural History, which published Colorado Wild Flowers in its museum pictorial series. Another book attributed to him, Salt Creek, Wyoming: The Story of a Great Oil Field (1956), suggests a range of interests that reached beyond botany into Western industry and regional history.
The surviving record available online is fairly sparse, so many personal details remain unclear. Even so, the books linked to his name show a writer drawn to the American West and to explaining it in a way that ordinary readers could enjoy.