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Henry Wysham Lanier
b. 1873
Best known for writing on American history and New York life, this early-20th-century author also helped preserve the legacy of his father, poet Sidney Lanier. His books range from Civil War photography to banking history and a lively portrait of Greenwich Village.
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A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legend, History, and Science.
by Henry Wysham Lanier
About the author
Born in Milledgeville, Georgia, on June 28, 1873, Henry Wysham Lanier was an American author, editor, and historian. Reliable catalog and archival records identify him as the son of poet Sidney Lanier, and later reference sources describe him as an author, historian, and editor.
His work covered a wide range of subjects. Library and archival records list him as the author of Photographing the Civil War (1911) and A Century of Banking in New York, 1822–1922, while book records for Greenwich Village Today & Yesterday show him writing the text to accompany Berenice Abbott's photographs. He also edited Letters of Sidney Lanier, prepared with the assistance of his mother, helping keep his father's life and writing in public view.
Lanier died in 1958. Though he is not as widely remembered as some of his subjects and collaborators, his books still offer a clear window into American cultural and historical memory in the first half of the twentieth century.