Hayden Carruth

author

Hayden Carruth

1862–1932

A lively journalist and humorist, he turned frontier newspaper work and big-city editorial experience into fiction, essays, and books for younger readers. His career carried him from Dakota Territory papers to major New York magazines, giving his writing both local color and a polished magazine style.

2 Audiobooks

The Voyage of the Rattletrap

The Voyage of the Rattletrap

by Hayden Carruth

Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There as Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full

Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There as Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full

by Hayden Carruth

About the author

Born in 1862, Fred Hayden Carruth was an American newspaper publisher, journalist, humorist, and author. Early in his career he worked on weekly newspapers in the Midwest, including in Dakota Territory, where his reporting and comic writing helped build his reputation.

He later moved to New York City and worked as an editor for major publications including the New York Tribune, Harper's Magazine, and Woman's Home Companion. That mix of frontier journalism and national magazine work gave him a broad, readable style that fit both adult and younger audiences.

Carruth also wrote juvenile fiction and humorous books, and some of his Dakota experience found its way into his writing. He died in 1932, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both the rough energy of early local journalism and the more polished world of turn-of-the-century American magazines.