# Alfred Henry Lewis

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American journalist

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Alfred Henry Lewis Born (1855-01-20)January 20, 1855 Cleveland, Ohio, US Died December 23, 1914(1914-12-23) (aged 59) Manhattan, New York, US Burial place Woodlawn Cemetery Occupations Journalist writer editor Known for Investigative journalism Wolfville books

**Alfred Henry Lewis** (January 20, 1855 – December 23, 1914) was an American [investigative journalist](/source/Investigative_journalist), [lawyer](/source/Lawyer), [novelist](/source/Novelist), [editor](/source/Editor), and [short story](/source/Short_story) writer,[1] who sometimes published under the pseudonym **Dan Quin**.[2]

## Career

Lewis began as a [staff writer](/source/Staff_writer) at the *[Chicago Times](/source/Chicago_Times)*, and eventually became editor of the *[Chicago Times-Herald](/source/Chicago_Times-Herald)*.[3] By the late 19th century he was writing [muckraker](/source/Muckraker) articles for *[Cosmopolitan](/source/Cosmopolitan_(magazine))*. As an investigative journalist, Lewis wrote extensively about [corruption](/source/Political_corruption) in New York politics.[3] In 1901 he published a biography of [Richard Croker](/source/Richard_Croker) (1843–1922), a leading figure in the corrupt [political machine](/source/Political_machine) known as [Tammany Hall](/source/Tammany_Hall), which exercised a great deal of control over New York politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.

As a writer of [genre fiction](/source/Genre_fiction), his most successful works were [Westerns](/source/Western_fiction) from his *Wolfville* series, which he continued writing until he died of [gastrointestinal disease](/source/Gastrointestinal_disease) at his home in Manhattan on December 23, 1914.[1] He was buried at [Woodlawn Cemetery](/source/Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Bronx%2C_New_York)) in The Bronx.[4]

## Bibliography

### Non-fiction

- *[Richard Croker](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Croker_(IA_cu31924067151989).pdf)* (1901)

- *Nation-famous New York Murders* (1914)

### Novels and short story collections

- *[Wolfville: Episodes of Cowboy Life](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolfville_(IA_cu31924022161859).pdf)* (1893)

- *[Sandburrs](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandburrs_(short_stories)_(IA_cu31924022198067).pdf)* (1900)

- *[Wolfville Days](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolfville_days_(IA_wolfvilledays00lewiiala).pdf)* (1902)

- *Wolfville Nights* (1902)

- *[The Black Lion Inn](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Black_Lion_inn_(IA_blacklion00lewirich).pdf)* (1903)

- *[The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_boss,_and_how_he_came_to_rule_New_York_(IA_thebossrulesny00lewirich).pdf)* (1903)

- *[Peggy O'Neal](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peggy_O%27Neal_(IA_peggyoneal00lewiiala).pdf)* (1903)

- *[The President](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_president_-_a_novel_(IA_president00lewirich).pdf)* (1904)

- *[The Sunset Trail](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_sunset_trail_(IA_sunsettrail00lewirich).pdf)* (1905)

- *Confessions of a Detective* (1906)

- *[The Story of Paul Jones](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_story_of_Paul_Jones_-_an_historical_romance_(IA_storyofpaul00lewirich).pdf)* (1906)

- *[The Throwback](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_throwback_-_a_romance_of_the_Southwest_(IA_throwback00lewirich).pdf)* (1906)

- *[When Men Grew Tall; or, The Story of Andrew Jackson](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:When_men_grew_tall,_or_the_story_of_Andrew_Jackson_(IA_whenmengrewtall00lewirich).pdf)* (1907)

- *[An American Patrician; or, The Story of Aaron Burr](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_American_patrician;_or,_The_story_of_Aaron_Burr_(IA_americanpatrician00lewirich).pdf)* (1908)

- *[Wolfville Folks](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolfville_folks_(IA_wolfvillefolks00lewirich).pdf)* (1908)

- *[The Apaches of New York](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Apaches_of_New_York_(IA_apachesofnewyork00lewiiala).pdf)* (1912)

- *Faro Nell and Her Friends: Wolfville Stories* (1913)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NYTObit_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NYTObit_1-1) ["Alfred H. Lewis, Author, is Dead"](https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-dec-24-1914-4718634/). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. December 24, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved October 15, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Marquis_2-0)** [Marquis Who's Who in America](https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/680), 1902, at [archive.org](/source/Archive.org)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-spartacus_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-spartacus_3-1) ["Alfred Henry Lewis"](http://www.spartacus-educational.com/USAlewisAH.htm). Spartacus Educational. Retrieved December 14, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Lewis Funeral Simple"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-lewis-funeral-simple/157188365/). *[New-York Tribune](/source/New-York_Tribune)*. December 25, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved October 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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- [Works by Alfred Henry Lewis](https://librivox.org/author/1742) at [LibriVox](/source/LibriVox) (public domain audiobooks)

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