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Harold Howland
b. 1877
A journalist and historian of the Progressive Era, this early-20th-century writer is best known for a lively account of Theodore Roosevelt and the political world around him. His work brings big personalities and reform battles into clear, readable focus.
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About the author
Born in 1877 and later known as Harold Jacobs Howland, he built his career as a writer and editor during the age of mass-circulation magazines and reform politics. Records connected with Theodore Roosevelt identify him as Harold Howland and link him to both The Independent and The Outlook, placing him close to the political debates he would later write about.
He is best remembered for Theodore Roosevelt and His Times: A Chronicle of the Progressive Movement, published in 1921 as part of the Chronicles of America series. The book helped introduce general readers to Roosevelt's career and the wider energy of the Progressive movement in a style meant to be accessible rather than academic.
Howland died in 1966. While detailed biographical material about him is limited, the surviving publication and archival records suggest a writer who moved comfortably between journalism and history, with a lasting interest in public life, leadership, and American reform politics.