author
Harry Steele Morrison
b. 1880
Adventure, ambition, and old-school hustle run through these early stories for young readers. Best remembered for writing The Adventures of a Boy Reporter, he also published a travel memoir about a teenage journey abroad.
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The Adventures of a Boy Reporter
by Harry Steele Morrison
About the author
Harry Steele Morrison was an American author born on November 26, 1880, in Mattoon, Illinois. Reliable catalog and reference listings connect him with juvenile adventure writing and travel narrative from the turn of the 20th century.
His best-known surviving title today is The Adventures of a Boy Reporter, a 1900 novel that later entered Project Gutenberg, helping new readers discover it online. He also wrote A Yankee Boy's Success, a book published before 1898, with an introduction by Chauncey M. Depew and illustrations by George T. Tobin.
Not much biographical detail is easy to confirm from major public sources, so his life is a little elusive. Even so, his books still give a clear sense of his appeal: energetic, youthful storytelling shaped by curiosity, travel, and the excitement of making one's way in the world.