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William Henry Hurlbert
1827–1895
A gifted 19th-century journalist with a novelist’s eye, he wrote about politics, war, and travel with energy and confidence. His name is also tied to one of the Civil War era’s most intriguing literary mysteries.
3 Audiobooks
France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
by William Henry Hurlbert
Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (1 of 2) (2nd ed.) (1888)
by William Henry Hurlbert
Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (2 of 2) (2nd ed.) (1888)
by William Henry Hurlbert
About the author
William Henry Hurlbert was an American journalist and author born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1827. He built a wide-ranging career in newspapers and magazines, and later became editor-in-chief of the New York World from 1876 to 1883.
He wrote on both public affairs and travel, with books including Gan-Eden, or, Pictures of Cuba (1854), General McClellan and the Conduct of the War (1864), and Ireland Under Coercion (1888). During the Civil War, he was known for anti-slavery views and was imprisoned in Richmond in 1861.
Hurlbert is now especially remembered in connection with The Diary of a Public Man, an anonymous work published in 1879 that modern historians have linked to him. He died in Cadenabbia, Italy, in 1895.