Charles Macomb Flandrau
Charles Macomb Flandrau;A.S. Flandrau
Place: St. Paul
Born: 1871
Death: 1938
Biography:
Early Life and Education
Charles Macomb Flandrau, an American author and essayist, was born on December 9, 1871, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was the son of Judge Charles Eugene Flandrau and his second wife Rebecca Blair Flandrau. Flandrau attended school in St. Paul before moving to Massachusetts for college, graduating from Harvard University (1895), where he was a student of Charles Townsend Copeland.
Career Highlights
- Harvard Episodes (1897), Flandrau's debut novel, was the first realistic description of undergraduate life in American colleges and sold out in its first printing.
- He wrote several stories for the Saturday Evening Post, becoming one of the most popular contributors from 1899 to 1902.
- Viva Mexico! (1908), a travel book, was critically acclaimed for its observations of social customs and political life under Mexican president Porfirio Díaz.
Legacy and Later Life
Flandrau's work, though not widely known today, remains an important part of American literary history. His writings offer a unique perspective on the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Flandrau passed away on March 28, 1938, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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