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Leigh H. (Leigh Hadley) Irvine
1863–1942
A prolific early California writer and journalist, he moved easily between history, travel, social debate, and adventure fiction. His books capture a lively moment in the American West, with an eye for both local color and public life.
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by Leigh H. (Leigh Hadley) Irvine
About the author
Born in Missouri in 1863 and later active in California, Leigh H. Irvine built a wide-ranging career as a writer, editor, and journalist. He wrote on an impressive mix of subjects, including California history, labor and social questions, travel, style and publishing, and fiction.
His books include A History of the New California, Its Resources and People, Historic Strikes and Their Settlement, The Struggle for Bread, Writer's Blue Book, and the adventure novel An Affair in the South Seas. Science-fiction reference sources also credit him with Legends of the Ozorans, showing how comfortably he could move from practical nonfiction to imaginative storytelling.
What makes Irvine especially interesting is his versatility. He was the kind of author who could write for readers curious about the changing American West, the craft of writing, or the big public arguments of his day, and that range gives his work lasting historical interest.