author
William Perry Brown
1847–1923
An adventurous storyteller from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he wrote popular fiction for young readers and magazine audiences alike. His books often lean toward action, travel, and life in the American South.
2 Audiobooks
Our Pilots in the Air
by William Perry Brown
Ralph Granger's Fortunes
by William Perry Brown
About the author
Born in 1847 near Ardmore in Indian Territory, he was the son of Brigadier General Philip Perry Brown and Sarah Jackson Brown. Reliable biographical records describe him as a writer who also worked in newspaper publishing in the 1880s before turning more fully to fiction and magazine work.
His published books include A Sea-Island Romance (1888), Roraima (1896), Sea Island Boys (1903), and Our Pilots in the Air. Project Gutenberg also lists him as the author of Ralph Granger's Fortunes and Our Pilots in the Air, showing that his work continued to circulate long after first publication.
Brown died in 1923. While a great deal of detailed personal information is hard to confirm, the surviving record clearly shows a versatile author whose stories mixed adventure, regional settings, and the fast-moving style of period fiction.