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Harold R. (Harold Richard) Vynne
1863–1903
A turn-of-the-century Chicago writer whose work ranged from city guidebooks to short stories and novels, with a clear eye for urban life and popular entertainment. Though little is widely recorded about him today, his surviving books suggest a busy, versatile literary career cut short at a young age.
1 Audiobook
Chicago by day and night : the pleasure seeker's guide to the Paris of America
by Harold R. (Harold Richard) Vynne
About the author
Harold R. Vynne, identified in library records as Harold Richard Vynne (1863–1903), was an American author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His books include Chicago by Day and Night (1892), a lively guide to the city and the coming World's Fair, as well as fiction such as The Woman That's Good (1900) and The Blind Artist's Pictures and Other Stories.
The range of those titles points to a writer comfortable moving between journalism, local color, and popular fiction. His Chicago-themed work especially suggests a strong interest in the energy of modern city life, entertainment, and the everyday details that made the era vivid for readers.
Reliable biographical detail on Vynne is scarce, and he does not appear to have left behind the kind of well-documented public profile that many better-known authors did. Even so, the books that remain show a productive writer whose career belonged to a fast-changing American literary world at the end of the 19th century.