Lawrence Mott

Born in 1881, Lawrence Mott was an American author whose work included travel and sea writing. Library records confirm dates of 1881–1931 and identify him as the author of To the Credit of the Sea.

He is also remembered for an unusually adventurous life. A portrait from 1920 survives on his Wikipedia page, and the broad outline of his career is that of a writer closely associated with outdoor experience, endurance, and public curiosity.

Because easily confirmed online sources for Mott are limited, some biographical details are hard to verify cleanly. What can be said with confidence is that he left behind a small but distinctive legacy as an early-20th-century American man of letters and action.