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Ray Stannard Baker
1870–1946
A leading Progressive Era journalist who also wrote warmly reflective books as David Grayson, he moved easily between hard-hitting reporting and deeply personal prose. He is especially remembered for exploring American social problems and for his major biographical work on Woodrow Wilson.
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Boys' second book of inventions
by Ray Stannard Baker
About the author
Born in Lansing, Michigan, in 1870, Ray Stannard Baker became one of the best-known American journalists of his time. He reported for the Chicago Record and later wrote for influential magazines including McClure’s, where he was associated with the reform-minded journalism of the Progressive Era.
He wrote about labor conflict, race, and public life with a strong interest in social reform. Baker also published quieter, more reflective books under the pen name David Grayson, showing a very different side of his writing life.
Later, he became closely connected with Woodrow Wilson and went on to produce a large authorized biography of the president. The final volumes of that work were recognized with the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1940. Baker died in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1946.