author
Stanley Waterloo
1846–1913
A longtime newspaperman turned novelist, he wrote adventure stories, historical fiction, and one of his best-known books, The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man. His career linked the fast pace of American journalism with the popular fiction of the late 19th century.
6 Audiobooks
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
by Stanley Waterloo
A Man and a Woman
by Stanley Waterloo
The Cassowary; What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains
by Stanley Waterloo
Luolaihmiset: Kertomus ihmissuvun alkuajoilta
by Stanley Waterloo
The Wolf's Long Howl
by Stanley Waterloo
About the author
Born in St. Clair County, Michigan, in 1846, Stanley Waterloo built his reputation first in journalism. He worked as a newspaperman, editor, and newspaper owner, with a substantial part of his career tied to major Midwestern newspapers, especially in Chicago.
Alongside his newspaper work, he published both fiction and nonfiction. He is remembered in particular for The Story of Ab, a prehistoric adventure novel that helped keep his name in print long after his lifetime. His writing ranged across adventure, history, and social fiction, reflecting the broad interests of a writer shaped by daily newsroom life.
Waterloo died in Chicago on October 11, 1913. Today he is mainly of interest to readers who enjoy rediscovering early American popular fiction and the crossover between journalism and literature in the late 1800s.