Howard Clemens Hillegas

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Howard Clemens Hillegas

1872–1918

An American journalist and author who reported from South Africa at the time of the Boer War, he turned firsthand experience into vivid books about the conflict and the people caught up in it.

2 Audiobooks

With the Boer Forces

With the Boer Forces

by Howard Clemens Hillegas

Oom Paul's People A Narrative of the British-Boer Troubles in South Africa, with a History of the Boers, the Country, and Its Institutions

Oom Paul's People A Narrative of the British-Boer Troubles in South Africa, with a History of the Boers, the Country, and Its Institutions

by Howard Clemens Hillegas

About the author

Born in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1872, Howard Clemens Hillegas built his career as a writer and newspaper man. He is remembered as an author, correspondent, and editor, with a life that moved between reporting and book writing.

Hillegas traveled to South Africa as a correspondent for the New York World during the years of the Boer War. That experience shaped some of his best-known work, including Oom Paul's People, The Boers in War, and With the Boer Forces, books that brought American readers close to the politics, personalities, and daily realities of the conflict.

He died in 1918 at just 45 years old. Though not widely known today, his writing remains valuable for readers interested in turn-of-the-century journalism, war reporting, and firsthand historical narrative.