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Hugh MacNair Kahler

1883–1969

A prolific magazine storyteller of the early 20th century, he published widely in popular American periodicals and also wrote fiction under the pen name Blair Hall. Several of his stories reached the screen during the silent-film era, giving his work a second life beyond the page.

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The collector's whatnot : a compendium, manual, and syllabus of information and advice on all subjects appertaining to the collection of antiques, both ancient and not so ancient

The collector's whatnot : a compendium, manual, and syllabus of information and advice on all subjects appertaining to the collection of antiques, both ancient and not so ancient

by Hugh MacNair Kahler, Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Booth Tarkington

About the author

Hugh MacNair Kahler was an American novelist and short story writer born on February 25, 1883, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and he died on July 10, 1969, in Princeton, New Jersey. He is also listed as Hugh McNair Kahler in film and biographical records.

He built a strong magazine career and is remembered as a frequent contributor to The Saturday Evening Post. Biographical records also note that he sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Blair Hall, and that a number of his stories were adapted for films including Alias Mrs. Jessop, Fools First, and The Little Giant.

Princeton sources and later biographical notes connect him closely with Princeton University, where he studied, and with a long career in popular fiction and editorial work. Surviving references suggest a writer who moved comfortably between short stories, novels, and magazine publishing at a time when periodicals were a major home for American fiction.