Leon H. (Leon Harold) Baxter

Leon H. Baxter, also listed as Leon Harold Baxter, was an American writer of practical instruction books. His surviving online bibliography shows that he published books such as Toy Craft, Boy Bird House Architecture, Elementary Concrete Construction, and Electro-Craft in Theory and Practice, with several of these works issued in the 1920s.

His books suggest a strong interest in teaching through making. Rather than writing fiction, he focused on clear, useful projects that introduced readers—especially young readers—to woodworking, simple construction, and craft skills.

Reliable biographical detail about his personal life is limited in the sources I could confirm here. However, the available records consistently connect him with a body of instructional work centered on creativity, practical knowledge, and learning by doing.