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Robert Shackleton

1860–1923

A journalist with a knack for making cities and far-off places feel vivid, he wrote lively books about Boston, New York, Washington, Chicago, and Philadelphia, along with travel pieces for major magazines. His work blends reporting, history, and a storyteller’s eye for detail.

3 Audiobooks

Getting at the Inner Man, and, Fifty Years on the Lecture Platform

Getting at the Inner Man, and, Fifty Years on the Lecture Platform

by Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton

Strange stories of the Civil War

Strange stories of the Civil War

by Robert Shackleton, L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden, William Drysdale, G. A. Forsyth, John Habberton, William J. Henderson, Lucy C. (Lucy Cecil) Lillie, Howard Patterson

The Story of Fifty-Seven Cents

The Story of Fifty-Seven Cents

by Robert Shackleton

About the author

Robert Shackleton was an American author and journalist, born in 1860 and active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wikisource identifies him as an American author and journalist and notes that many of his shorter pieces appeared in Harper’s Magazine. His surviving books show a writer drawn to place, personality, and public life.

His best-known works include The Book of Boston, The Book of New York, The Book of Washington, The Book of Chicago, The Book of Philadelphia, and Unvisited Places of Old Europe. Those titles suggest the range that defined him: part travel writer, part cultural observer, and part interpreter of American cities for general readers. Project Gutenberg and other library records also show his connection to works such as The Story of Fifty-Seven Cents and The Story of Harper’s Magazine, 1850–1917.

Reliable image sources located for him in this search did not provide a clear embedded portrait, so no profile image is included here. Even so, the record that remains points to a versatile writer who helped readers see both famous places and overlooked corners with fresh curiosity.