author
Olin L. (Olin Linus) Lyman
b. 1873
Known for both historical adventure and fiction, this early-20th-century American writer published works that ranged from frontier-style storytelling to a book on Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and the War of 1812.
1 Audiobook
The Lash
by Olin L. (Olin Linus) Lyman
About the author
Active in the early 1900s, Olin L. Lyman is listed in major library and public-domain catalogs as Olin L. (Olin Linus) Lyman, born 1873. His surviving bibliography shows a writer with broad interests, including The Trail of the Grand Seigneur (1903), Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and the War on the Lakes (1905), and The Lash (1909).
Those titles suggest a mix of historical narrative and popular fiction, with a particular interest in dramatic American subjects and adventure-driven storytelling. Although detailed biographical information appears to be scarce, his books remain traceable through resources such as the Online Books Page, Project Gutenberg, HathiTrust, and the Internet Archive.
A memorial record matching Olin Linus Lyman (1873–1958) gives his birth date as September 22, 1873, in Watertown, New York, and his death date as July 5, 1958, in Poughkeepsie, New York. Because fuller contemporary biographical sources were not readily available, this overview focuses on the parts of his life and work that can be confirmed from library and archival records.