author
Thomas Wallace Knox
1835–1896
An adventurous 19th-century journalist and travel writer, he turned war reporting and years of globe-trotting into lively books that opened faraway places to young readers. His work blends firsthand experience, curiosity, and a clear gift for storytelling.
20 Audiobooks
The Story Teller of the Desert—"Backsheesh!" or, Life and Adventures in the Orient
by Thomas Wallace Knox
Horse Stories, and Stories of Other Animals
by Thomas Wallace Knox
The Boy Travellers in Mexico Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Northern and Central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan, With a Description of the Republics of Central America and of the Nicaragua Canal
by Thomas Wallace Knox
How to Travel Hints, Advice, and Suggestions to Travelers by Land and Sea all over the Globe.
by Thomas Wallace Knox
Hunters three: Sport and adventure in South Africa
by Thomas Wallace Knox
The Boy Travellers on the Congo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"
by Thomas Wallace Knox, Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent
by Thomas Wallace Knox
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation
by Thomas Wallace Knox
The Underground World: A mirror of life below the surface
by Thomas Wallace Knox
The Lost Army
by Thomas Wallace Knox
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life
by Thomas Wallace Knox
The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Fourth Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land
by Thomas Wallace Knox
The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Fifth Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through Africa
by Thomas Wallace Knox
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The Boy Travellers in the Far East [Part First] Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China
by Thomas Wallace Knox
The Boy Travellers in Australasia Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, and Feejee Islands
by Thomas Wallace Knox
The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Third Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Ceylon and India; With Descriptions of Borneo, the Philippine Islands and Burmah
by Thomas Wallace Knox
Captain John Crane, 1800-1815
by Thomas Wallace Knox
About the author
Before becoming a well-known author, he taught school in New Hampshire and later headed west during the Colorado gold rush. When the Civil War began, he served briefly in the Union Army, then moved into journalism and became best known as a correspondent for the New York Herald.
Travel shaped the rest of his career. After the war, he reported from around the world and turned those experiences into a large body of writing, including more than 45 books. Many were fast-moving travel and adventure books for boys, written to make distant places feel immediate and exciting.
His books were popular because they mixed information with the thrill of real journeys. Even now, they offer a vivid glimpse of how one energetic 19th-century writer introduced readers to war, exploration, and life in other parts of the world.