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Harold Howland
b. 1877
A journalist and historical writer from the early 20th century, best known for his book on Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive era. His work has the brisk, public-minded feel of a writer closely engaged with politics and current events of his day.
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About the author
Born in 1877 and later listed as Harold Jacobs Howland, he is remembered chiefly as the author of Theodore Roosevelt and His Times: A Chronicle of the Progressive Movement, published by Yale University Press in 1921. Library and public-domain records also connect him with Masters of Capital, showing a strong interest in both political history and public life.
Contemporary references describe him as a journalistic associate of Theodore Roosevelt on The Outlook, which helps explain the immediacy of his writing about Roosevelt and the reform spirit of the period. His surviving books suggest a writer drawn to big national subjects and to the personalities who shaped American politics and business.
Available catalog and author records place his life from 1877 to 1966. I wasn't able to confirm a suitable portrait from the pages I checked, so no profile image is included here.