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Richard Harding Davis
1864–1916
A celebrated reporter and storyteller, this American writer brought the energy of breaking news into fiction and helped define the image of the modern war correspondent. His work ranges from brisk adventure tales to sharp sketches of politics, travel, and high society.
53 Audiobooks
The Scarlet Car
by Richard Harding Davis
In the Fog
by Richard Harding Davis
Real Soldiers of Fortune
by Richard Harding Davis
Three gringos in Venezuela and Central America
by Richard Harding Davis
The Princess Aline
by Richard Harding Davis
Captain Macklin: His Memoirs
by Richard Harding Davis
The Consul
by Richard Harding Davis
The King's Jackal
by Richard Harding Davis
The West from a car window
by Richard Harding Davis
The Lion and the Unicorn
by Richard Harding Davis
A Charmed Life
by Richard Harding Davis
The Lost Road
by Richard Harding Davis
The scarlet car; The Princess Aline
by Richard Harding Davis
Episodes in Van Bibber's Life
by Richard Harding Davis
With the Allies
by Richard Harding Davis
Soldiers of Fortune
by Richard Harding Davis
Billy and the Big Stick
by Richard Harding Davis
Somewhere in France
by Richard Harding Davis
The Deserter
by Richard Harding Davis
The Congo and Coasts of Africa
by Richard Harding Davis
Peace Manoeuvres
by Richard Harding Davis
Cuba in War Time
by Richard Harding Davis
Miss Civilization: A Comedy in One Act
by Richard Harding Davis
The Messengers
by Richard Harding Davis
Van Bibber and Others
by Richard Harding Davis
A Question of Latitude
by Richard Harding Davis
The Make-Believe Man
by Richard Harding Davis
A Wasted Day
by Richard Harding Davis
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
by Richard Harding Davis
Gallegher and Other Stories
by Richard Harding Davis
The Spy
by Richard Harding Davis
The Red Cross Girl
by Richard Harding Davis
The Log of the "Jolly Polly"
by Richard Harding Davis
Notes of a War Correspondent
by Richard Harding Davis
Stories for Boys
by Richard Harding Davis
My Buried Treasure
by Richard Harding Davis
The Reporter Who Made Himself King
by Richard Harding Davis
Cinderella, and Other Stories
by Richard Harding Davis
Vera, the Medium
by Richard Harding Davis
The Lost House
by Richard Harding Davis
With the French in France and Salonika
by Richard Harding Davis
About Paris
by Richard Harding Davis
The Exiles and Other Stories
by Richard Harding Davis
The White Mice
by Richard Harding Davis
Ranson's Folly
by Richard Harding Davis
Once Upon A Time
by Richard Harding Davis
The Boy Scout
by Richard Harding Davis
The Man Who Could Not Lose
by Richard Harding Davis
The Nature Faker
by Richard Harding Davis
The Amateur
by Richard Harding Davis
The Frame Up
by Richard Harding Davis
The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys
by Richard Harding Davis
The Rulers of the Mediterranean
by Richard Harding Davis
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1864 into a literary family, Richard Harding Davis grew up around newspapers and books. He became a journalist while still young and quickly built a reputation for vivid, fast-moving writing that appealed to a wide American audience.
Davis was especially known as a war correspondent, reporting on conflicts including the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. His eyewitness style helped shape how readers imagined foreign battlefields, and his journalism made him one of the best-known American writers of his day.
Alongside his reporting, he wrote popular fiction and drama, often blending adventure, wit, and a sharp sense of character. He died in 1916, but his career still stands as an early example of a writer moving easily between newspaper work, travel writing, and literary storytelling.