author
Horace Green
1885–1943
A journalist turned biographer, he wrote with a reporter’s eye for pace and detail, covering war abroad and public figures at home. His books on Calvin Coolidge and Ulysses S. Grant show a clear interest in American history and political life.
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The Log of a Noncombatant
by Horace Green
About the author
Before he became known for book-length biographies, Horace Green worked in journalism. His best-known early book, The Log of a Noncombatant (1915), grew out of his work as a staff correspondent for the New York Evening Post and a special correspondent for the Boston Journal during the opening phase of World War I.
Green later wrote historical and political biographies, including The Life of Calvin Coolidge (1924) and General Grant's Last Stand (1936). The record available online also connects him with the publishing house Duffield & Company, where he served in a leadership role during the 1920s.
He lived from 1885 to 1943. While the surviving digital record is fairly sparse, the works that remain suggest a writer drawn to public affairs, wartime observation, and the lives of major American figures.