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Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
A longtime Indiana public library, this institution became known for preserving and publishing local history as well as serving generations of readers in Fort Wayne and Allen County. Its name appears on a wide range of regional history titles, especially works tied to northeastern Indiana and family research.
15 Audiobooks
A Soldier's Life on the Western Frontier in 1813
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Cincinnati's "Old Cunny": A Notorious Purveyor of Human Flesh
by Linden F. (Linden Forest) Edwards, Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Anthony Wayne, 1745-1796
by Randolph C. (Randolph Chandler) Downes, Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
George Croghan
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Scott's Wabash Expedition, 1791
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Gene Stratton Porter, Best-Seller
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
General Harmar's Campaign
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
by Otto H. (Otto Henry) Adams, Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
The French and British at Three Rivers
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
The Irish War
by David Burr, Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Crawford's Defeat: A Tale of the Frontier in 1812
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
St. Clair's Defeat
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Diary of Captain John Cooke, 1794
by active 1792-1794 John Cooke, Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Colonel Sion S. Bass, 1827-1862
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Some Historic Trees
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
About the author
Founded in 1895 as the Fort Wayne Public Library, the institution later served county residents under the name Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County before becoming the Allen County Public Library in 1980. Over time, it grew from a single-room library into a major public library system in northeastern Indiana.
As an author credit, the name appears on many history and heritage books, including local biographies, regional accounts, and reprints connected to Fort Wayne and Allen County. Catalog records from Open Library and Project Gutenberg show that the library was associated with publishing or preserving numerous works on area history.
Today, the Allen County Public Library is especially well known for its genealogy resources and local history collections. Because this is an institutional author rather than an individual person, a true author portrait could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed.