author
Michael Myers Shoemaker
1853–1924
A globe-trotting American travel writer, he turned long journeys through Mexico, Russia, India, Ireland, and beyond into vivid books for readers at home. His work captures the curiosity and pace of travel writing at the turn of the 20th century.
2 Audiobooks
Winged Wheels in France
by Michael Myers Shoemaker
Wanderings in Ireland
by Michael Myers Shoemaker
About the author
Born in Covington, Kentucky, in 1853, Michael Myers Shoemaker became known as an American author and traveler. Available records describe him as a widely traveled writer, and library listings show a steady stream of books that drew on those journeys.
His travel books explored a wide range of places, including Mexico, Central Asia, Siberia, India, France, and Ireland. Titles associated with him include The Kingdom of the "White Woman", The Great Siberian Railway from St. Petersburg to Pekin, The Heart of the Orient, Winged Wheels in France, and Wanderings in Ireland, showing how strongly his writing was shaped by movement, observation, and place.
Shoemaker studied at Cornell for a time and died in Paris in 1924. Though not a household name today, his books remain useful windows into how an American traveler of his era saw the wider world.