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Ray Stannard Baker
St. Croix Falls, WI Born: 1870 Died: 1946 Link to Wikipedia Page Link to Author's Website |
Biography:
Ray Stannard Baker — also known as David Grayson — was an author. In 1875 he moved with his family to Wisconsin, settling in St. Croix Falls where he came to know the wild North Country intimately.
He graduated from Michigan Agricultural College with a B.S. in 1889, and studied law and literature at the University of Michigan. In 1892, he moved to Chicago and began his writing career; he soon became a national figure. Much of his writing focused on his boyhood experience of Wisconsin. He worked as a journalist and editor from 1892 to 1915 for the Chicago Record, McClure's Magazine and the American Magazine as a muckraker. In serialized articles, he showed interest in Robert M. La Follette's reform movement.
In 1906, Baker adopted the pen name "David Grayson." He devoted his writing to the charms of rural life. His Wisconsin background was apparent in many romantic references to his boyhood and the northland. His most famous works from this period include "Adventures in Contentment" in 1907, "Adventures in Friendship" in 1910 and "Adventures in Understanding" in 1925. During World War I, Baker served as a special commissioner of the Department of State and became an intimate friend and admirer of President Wilson. In 1919, Baker was appointed director of the press bureau at the Paris peace conference. Baker went on to write the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters" from 1927 to 1939. Among his last works were the autobiographical "Native American" in 1941 and "American Chronicle" in 1945.
(From https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1654)
Works by Ray Stannard Baker:
Ray Stannard Baker — also known as David Grayson — was an author. In 1875 he moved with his family to Wisconsin, settling in St. Croix Falls where he came to know the wild North Country intimately.
He graduated from Michigan Agricultural College with a B.S. in 1889, and studied law and literature at the University of Michigan. In 1892, he moved to Chicago and began his writing career; he soon became a national figure. Much of his writing focused on his boyhood experience of Wisconsin. He worked as a journalist and editor from 1892 to 1915 for the Chicago Record, McClure's Magazine and the American Magazine as a muckraker. In serialized articles, he showed interest in Robert M. La Follette's reform movement.
In 1906, Baker adopted the pen name "David Grayson." He devoted his writing to the charms of rural life. His Wisconsin background was apparent in many romantic references to his boyhood and the northland. His most famous works from this period include "Adventures in Contentment" in 1907, "Adventures in Friendship" in 1910 and "Adventures in Understanding" in 1925. During World War I, Baker served as a special commissioner of the Department of State and became an intimate friend and admirer of President Wilson. In 1919, Baker was appointed director of the press bureau at the Paris peace conference. Baker went on to write the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters" from 1927 to 1939. Among his last works were the autobiographical "Native American" in 1941 and "American Chronicle" in 1945.
(From https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1654)
Works by Ray Stannard Baker:
- Shop Talks on the Wonders of Crafts (Chicago, 1895)
- Our New Prosperity (New York: Doubleday & Company, McClure, 1900)
- Seen in Germany (New York: McClure, Phillips, 1901)
- Boys' Second Book of Inventions (New York: McClure, Phillips, 1903)
- "The Reign of Lawlessness: Anarchy and Despotism in Colorado," McClure's Magazine, vol. 23, no. 1 (May 1904), pp. 43–57.
- Adventures in Contentment (1907) (as David Grayson)
- The Atlanta Riot (1907)
- Following the Color Line: An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1908) read online
- New Ideals in Healing (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1909)
- Adventures in Friendship (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1910) read online
- The Spiritual Unrest (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910) read online
- Great Possessions: A New Series of Adventures (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917) (as David Grayson) read online
- What Wilson Did at Paris (New York, 1919)
- Woodrow Wilson and World Settlement (3 vols.) (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922-1923) read vol. 3 online
- An American Pioneer in Science: The Life and Service of William James Beal, with Jessie B. Baker (Amherst, Mass: Privately printed, 1925)
- The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson. With William Edward Dodd. Six volumes. (1925-1927)
- Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters (8 vols.) (New York: Doubleday, Page, and Doubleday, Doran) (1927-1939), "Youth, 1856-1890" (1927), "Princeton, 1890-1910" (1927), "Governor, 1910-1913 (1931)", "President, 1913-1914" (1931), " Neutrality 1914-1915" (1935), "Facing War, 1915-1917" (1937), "War Leader, April 6, 1917 - February 28, 1918" (1939), "Armistice, March 1 - November 11, 1918 (1939)" (1940 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography).
- Woodrow Wilson: Neutrality, 1914-1915 (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1935) read online
- The Capture, Death and Burial of J. Wilkes Booth (Poor Richard Press, 1940) read online
- Native American: The Book of My Youth (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941)
- American Chronicle: The Autobiography of Ray Stannard Baker (as David Grayson) (Charles Scribner's Son, 1945) read online
- A Journalist's Diplomatic Mission: Ray Stannard Baker's World War I Diary. John Maxwell Hamilton, ed. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2012.
