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Louis How
1873–1947
A prolific American poet and translator, he also turned family history into a vivid subject by writing a biography of his grandfather, engineer James Buchanan Eads. His work moves between lyric verse, translation, and literary retelling.
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James B. Eads
by Louis How
About the author
Born in St. Louis in 1873, Louis How was an American poet, translator, and biographer. He is best remembered for a substantial body of verse and for writing James B. Eads, a biography of his grandfather, the engineer known for the Eads Bridge in St. Louis.
How published books including Lyrics and Sonnets and The Eyes of Love, and he also worked in translation and adaptation. Among the works associated with him is The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and His Fortunes and Adversities, showing his interest in bringing older literature to English-language readers in an accessible form.
He died in 1947. Though not widely known today, his writing reflects the range of a literary career that reached across poetry, biography, and classic storytelling.