Munroe, Kirk, 1850-1930

Author and adventurer.

From the description of Papers of Kirk Munroe, 1850-1940 (bulk 1867-1932). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066384

American juvenile author.

From the description of A mud-bespattered arrival from Califronia, being Chapter II of an unidentified work : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript unsigned, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613377

Biographical Note

• 1850, Sept. 15: Born Charles Kirk Munroe, Prairie du Chien, Wis
• 1867 - 1868 : Explored and surveyed routes for the Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Co.
• 1868 - 1869 : Attended Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1876 - 1879 : Reporter, New York Sun and New York Times
• 1879 - 1882 : Editor, Harper’s Round Table
• 1880: Founded League of American Wheelmen
• 1883: Married Mary Barr (died 1922)
• 1886: Settled in Coconut Grove, Miami, Fla. Published Wakulla; A Story of Adventure in Florida. New York and London: Harper & Brothers
• 1887: Published The Flamingo Feather. New York : Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square
• 1888: Published Derrick Sterling; A Story of Mines. New York: Harper & Brothers
• 1890 - 1891 : Traveled from Coconut Grove, Fla., to the Ten Thousand Islands in sailboat Allapata
• 1900: Published Under the Great Bear. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
• 1905: Became a real estate developer, Miami-Dade County, Fla. Published For the Mikado. New York and London: Harper & Brothers
• 1924: Married Mabel Stearns
• 1930, June 16: Died, Miami, Fla.

From the guide to the Kirk Munroe Papers, 1850-1940, (bulk 1867-1932), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)