author

Joseph Robert Wilson

b. 1886

A little-known early 20th-century writer whose surviving books range from religious reflection to frontier-themed verse, he left behind a small but distinctive body of work. His best-known titles include A Chapel in Every Home and The Santa Fe Trail, and Other Poems.

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"The Santa Fe Trail," and Other Poems

"The Santa Fe Trail," and Other Poems

by Joseph Robert Wilson

About the author

Very little biographical information about this author could be confirmed from reliable online sources beyond the bibliographic record. Library and catalog entries identify him as Joseph Robert Wilson, born in 1886, and connect him with The Santa Fe Trail, and Other Poems, published in 1921.

Other book records attribute A Chapel in Every Home and An Appeal to the World for a Chapel in Every Home to a Joseph Robert Wilson as well. Taken together, those works suggest a writer whose interests moved between devotional writing and poetry, with a tone shaped by religion, home life, and American historical imagination.

Because confirmed personal details are scarce, it is safest to remember him through the books themselves: a modest, now-obscure author whose works have survived in library collections and public-domain archives.