John Hugh Bowers

John Hugh Bowers was an American author active in the early 20th century. The basic details that can be confirmed from public-domain library records are that he was born in 1875 and died in 1923, and that his best-known surviving work is Life of Abraham Lincoln, published in 1922.

That book reflects the kind of writing he seems to have favored: concise, informative, and aimed at general readers rather than specialists. Later catalog listings also connect his name with other historical and civic subjects, suggesting a writer interested in American history, public life, and biography.

Reliable biographical information about Bowers himself is limited in the sources available here, so much of his personal story remains hard to pin down. What does come through clearly is his role as a straightforward popular historian whose Lincoln book has remained available through public-domain and reprint editions.