Lathan A. (Lathan Augustus) Crandall

Lathan A. Crandall, listed in library records as Lathan A. (Lathan Augustus) Crandall (1850–1923), was an American writer remembered today for Days in the Open. Major catalog and library sources consistently connect him with that 1914 book, a collection centered on fishing and life outdoors.

The surviving record around him is fairly sparse, but the available sources suggest a writer who cared deeply about the restorative pleasures of nature. Days in the Open has been preserved by institutions including the Library of Congress, HathiTrust, the Biodiversity Heritage Library, and Project Gutenberg, which helps explain why his name still reaches modern readers.

For audiobook listeners, Crandall is appealing because his writing comes from a quieter tradition of outdoor literature: less about conquest, more about attention, memory, and the simple pleasure of being outside.