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Irwin Leslie Gordon
1888–1954
Best remembered for witty, offbeat books with playful historical and biblical twists, this American writer also worked as a journalist and in railroad publicity. His work has a light, curious energy that still feels inviting today.
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The Log of the Ark, by Noah; Hieroglypics by Ham
by Irwin Leslie Gordon
About the author
Born in 1888 and dying in 1954, he was an American journalist, author, and publicity manager associated with the Reading Railroad. Surviving library and public-domain records consistently connect him with humorous and imaginative writing rather than a single famous literary movement.
His best-known titles include The Log of the Ark, Who Was Who: 5000 B.C. to Date, and What Allah Wills. Those books suggest the range that made his work distinctive: mock history, comic invention, and a taste for playful retellings of big subjects.
Although he is not widely remembered today, his books continue to circulate through public-domain libraries and audiobook catalogs. That afterlife fits his style well—clever, accessible, and written to entertain readers as much as to impress them.