author
Joseph Wharton Lippincott
1887–1976
A longtime publisher who also wrote lively nature stories for younger readers, drawing on a real love of the outdoors. His career bridged the business of books and the adventure of the wild.
2 Audiobooks
Red Ben, the Fox of Oak Ridge
by Joseph Wharton Lippincott
Striped Coat, the Skunk
by Joseph Wharton Lippincott
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1887, Joseph Wharton Lippincott came from two well-known American families: the Lippincotts of J. B. Lippincott Company and the Wharton family of Philadelphia. He worked at J. B. Lippincott Company for about fifty years and served as its president for more than two decades.
Alongside his publishing career, he wrote a substantial body of nature writing for children. University of Pennsylvania archival records describe him as the author of seventeen nature books for young readers, including The Wahoo Bobcat, and other sources remember him as a naturalist and sportsman as well as an author.
He died in 1976. Remembered both as a bookman and an outdoorsman, he left behind work that introduced young readers to animals, wilderness, and the pleasures of observing the natural world.