author
Hugh MacNair Kahler
1883–1969
A prolific American magazine writer and novelist, he built a long career in popular fiction and editorial work, with stories appearing in major early-20th-century magazines. His papers also show a wider range of interests, including historical and diplomatic subjects.
1 Audiobook
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 Booth Tarkington, Hugh MacNair Kahler, Kenneth Lewis Roberts
About the author
Born in Pennsylvania in 1883, Hugh MacNair Kahler was an American writer, novelist, and editor. Archival records at Princeton describe him as an editor, novelist, and storywriter, and note that his papers span much of the first half of the twentieth century.
Kahler wrote extensively for mainstream magazines, and biographical listings connect his work with publications such as The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Country Gentleman, Ladies' Home Journal, and McClure's. He is also associated with screen credits from the silent-film era, showing how some of his fiction reached beyond print.
His surviving papers suggest a career with broad interests as well as commercial success. In addition to fiction and editorial work, Yale's archival record links him with research and writings on Woodrow Wilson, Commodore Perry's expedition, and American diplomacy at the close of World War I. He died in 1969.