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Logan Marshall
1884–1937
A fast-moving early 20th-century writer and editor, he became known for turning major news events into vivid popular books. His best-known work on the Titanic reached readers almost immediately and helped fix his name in disaster history publishing.
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About the author
Born Logan Howard-Smith in Germantown, Philadelphia, he wrote under the pen name Logan Marshall. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1905, and then worked with the publishing house John C. Winston, where he edited and wrote many books.
Marshall specialized in timely, accessible nonfiction made for a wide audience. His books often focused on major public events and disasters, including The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters, as well as works on Theodore Roosevelt, the Panama Canal, war, and Bible stories. That Titanic volume became especially well known because it appeared so quickly after the sinking.
He died in Philadelphia in 1937. While some later critics described his work as hurried or sensational, his books remain a vivid example of how publishers once rushed to meet public curiosity in the age before radio and television dominated the news.