Kirk Munroe
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| Kirk Munroe | |
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 ca. 1890 |
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| Born | September 15, 1850 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin |
| Died | June 16, 1930 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 1876 to 1905 |
| Genres | "childrens novels" |
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Kirk Munroe (15 September 1850 – 16 June 1930) was an American writer who wrote books of adventure for children.
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[edit] Biography
Born Charles Kirk Munroe in a log cab near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; son of Charles and Susan (Hall) Munroe. His youth was spent on the frontier and then his family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he attended school until he was sixteen. He public dropped “Charles” in 1883 and is better know by Kirk Munroe.[1]
In 1876, Kirk Munroe is hired as a New York Sun newspaper reporter. Three years later he becomes the first editor of Harper's Young People magazine until he resigned in 1881.
From 1879 to 1884, he was the commodore of New York Canoe club. During this time he help found the League of American Wheelmen with Charles E. Pratt on May 31, 1880. [2]
He married Mary Barr, daughter of Amelia Edith (Huddleston) Barr on September 15, 1883. The couple settled in Coconut Grove, Florida in 1886. Mary accompanied him on several cruises on the Allapata, a thirty-five foot sharpie-ketch sailboat designed by Ralph Middleton Munroe.
In 1905, he stopped writing to develop real estate in Dade county. His wife, Mary dies in September of 1922.
In 1924, he married his second wife, Mabel Stearns.
Kirk Munroe dies June 16, 1930 at the age of 79. He is buried next to his first wife, Mary at the Woodlawn Park Cemetery in Miami. [3]
[edit] Bibliography
- Wakulla (1886)
- The Flamingo Feather (1887)
- Derrick Sterling (1888)
- Chrystal Jack & Co and Delta Bixby (1889)
- The Golden Days of '49 (1889)
- Dorymates (1890)
- Under Orders (1890)
- Prince Dusty (1891)
- Campmates (1891)
- Canoemates (1892)
- Cab and Caboose (1892)
- Raftmates (1893)
- The White Conquerors (1893)
- The Coral Ship (1893)
- The Fur Seal's Tooth (1894)
- Big Cypress (1894)
- Snow Shoes and Sledges (1895)
- At War with Pontiac (1895)
- Rick Dale (1896)
- Through Swamp and Glade (1896)
- The Painted Desert (1897)
- With Crockett and Bowie (1897)
- Ready Rangers (1897)
- The Copper Princess (1898)
- In Private Waters (1898)
- Shine Terrill (1899)
- Forward March (1899)
- Midshipman Stuart (1899)
- Brethren of the Coast (1900)
- Under the Great Bear (1900)
- The Belt of Seven Totems (1901)
- A Son of Satsuma (1901)
[edit] External links
- A photograph of Kirk Munroe
- A Lost "Psyche" Edited By IRVING A. LEONARD
- Student's Encyclopedia Britannica Article
- February 1898 Article: Some Americans from oversea by Kirk Munroe
- THE EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS LIBRARY collect of Kirk Munroe books
- An Article written by Kirk Munroe on bicycles
- Timeline for the Kirk Munroe's Life
- Works by Kirk Munroe at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Kirk Munroe in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
[edit] References
- ^ A Lost "Psyche": Kirk Munroe's Log of a 1,600 Mile Canoe Cruise in Florida Waters, 1881-1882; Edited By IRVING A. LEONARD [1]
- ^ Oliver, Smith Hempstone; Berkebile, Donald H. (1974). "Wheels and Wheeling: The Smithsonian Cycle Collection". Smithsonian Institution Press. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/HistoryTechnology/text/SSHT-0024.txt. Retrieved on 2009-07-17.
- ^ GROVE ANTIQUARIAN: Kirk Munroe Time Line [2]
