author
Harry L. (Harry La Tourette) Foster
1894–1932
A globe-trotting travel writer of the 1920s and early 1930s, this American author turned long journeys through Asia, the Caribbean, and South America into vivid books for general readers. His work has endured through public-domain and audiobook editions, keeping his adventurous, first-hand style alive for modern listeners.
1 Audiobook
A Gringo in Mañana-Land
by Harry L. (Harry La Tourette) Foster
About the author
Born in 1894 and deceased in 1932, Harry L. Foster—also listed as Harry La Tourette Foster—was an American travel writer. Library and public-domain catalogs consistently identify him with those dates and connect him to a body of travel books published in the 1920s and early 1930s.
His known works include A Beachcomber in the Orient, The Caribbean Cruise, and The Adventures of a Tropical Tramp. These titles suggest the kind of writer he was: curious, mobile, and eager to turn travel into lively narrative for readers at home.
Reliable source material available here is fairly limited, so many personal details about his life remain unclear. What does come through clearly is his reputation as a writer of travel books whose adventurous, place-driven storytelling still attracts readers and listeners today.