R. D. (Robert Dalziel) Cumming

Robert Dalziel Cumming was a Canadian writer associated with British Columbia, and he is best known for Skookum Chuck Fables: Bits of History, Through the Microscope. Records for that book identify him as R. D. Cumming, born in 1871, and show that the collection was published around 1915.

His writing appeared under the pen name “Skookum Chuck.” Reprint and catalog descriptions say many pieces in Skookum Chuck Fables first appeared in the Ashcroft Journal, and that the book focuses on the history, people, and stories of British Columbia.

Reliable biographical detail beyond those publication records was limited in the sources I could confirm here, so I have kept this overview close to what is clearly supported. No suitable verified portrait image was confirmed from the sources I checked.