Harry Perry Robinson

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Harry Perry Robinson

1859–1930

A British journalist, war correspondent, and novelist, he wrote with the eye of someone who had seen public life up close. His work ranged from fiction to commentary on railroads, industry, and modern society.

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The Twentieth Century American

The Twentieth Century American

by Harry Perry Robinson

About the author

Born in 1859, Harry Perry Robinson built a varied career as a writer and journalist. Reliable catalog records show that he published novels and nonfiction, including The Twentieth Century American, Our Railroads, The Turning Point, and A War Correspondent on His Work.

The mix of titles linked to his name suggests a writer interested not just in storytelling, but in the forces shaping modern life—industry, transportation, public affairs, and the experience of war reporting. That range gives his work a distinctly late-Victorian and early-20th-century feel.

Robinson died in 1930. While detailed biographical information is limited in the sources I could confirm here, his surviving bibliography points to an author who moved comfortably between reportage, social observation, and fiction.