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Kirk Munroe

Born

in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, The United States

September 15, 1850

Died

June 16, 1930

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Kirk Munroe was an American writer and conservationist.

His works include: Wakulla: A Story of Adventure in Florida (1886), The Flamingo Feather (1887), Derrick Sterling: A Story of the Mines (1888), Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy (1892), Raftmates: A Story of the Great River (1893), Campmates: A Story of the Plains (1893), The Fur Seal's Tooth (1894), At War with Pontiac; or, The Totem of the Bear (1895), The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines (1898), "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War (1899) and Under the Great Bear (1900).

Born Charles Kirk Munroe in a log cab near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Munroe was the son of Charles and Susan (Hall) Munroe. His youth was spent on the frontier, after which Kirk Munroe was an American writer and conservationist.

His works include: Wakulla: A Story of Adventure in Florida (1886), The Flamingo Feather (1887), Derrick Sterling: A Story of the Mines (1888), Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy (1892), Raftmates: A Story of the Great River (1893), Campmates: A Story of the Plains (1893), The Fur Seal's Tooth (1894), At War with Pontiac; or, The Totem of the Bear (1895), The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines (1898), "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War (1899) and Under the Great Bear (1900).

Born Charles Kirk Munroe in a log cab near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Munroe was the son of Charles and Susan (Hall) Munroe. His youth was spent on the frontier, after which his family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he attended school until he was sixteen. He publicly dropped "Charles" from his name in 1883. In 1876, Kirk Munroe was hired as a reporter for the New York Sun. Three years later he became the first editor of Harper's Young People magazine; he resigned in 1881. From 1879 to 1884, he was the commodore of New York Canoe club. During this time he helped found the League of American Wheelmen with Charles E. Pratt on May 31, 1880. Munroe was the Wheelmen's first Commander. He married Mary Barr, daughter of Amelia E. Barr on September 15, 1883. The couple settled in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida in 1886. Mary accompanied him on several cruises on the Allapata, a thirty-five foot sharpie-ketch sailboat designed by Ralph Middleton Munroe. While in Florida, Munroe became a noted member of the Florida Audubon Society, and recommended a family friend Guy Bradley to the position as game warden in southern Florida. Bradley was later killed by plume hunters while on duty in the Everglades. Munroe builds a tennis court on his property. It is the first tennis court in Miami-Dade county. Munroe helped in establishing what is today called Ransom Everglades School. After Mary died in September 1922, he married his second wife, Mabel Stearns, in 1924. Kirk Munroe died June 16, 1930 at the age of 79. He was buried next to his first wife, Mary at the Woodlawn Park Cemetery in Miami. ...more

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	Wakulla: A Story of Adventure in Florida 3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1886 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines by Kirk Munroe, Betsie Bush (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.52 avg rating — 33 ratings — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flamingo Feather 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1887 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forward, March: A Tale of the Spanish-American War 3.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1899 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1892 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1893 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At War with Pontiac Or, The Totem of the Bear; a Tale of Redcoat and Redskin 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1916 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1893 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Pirate Waters: A Tale of the American Navy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Great Bear by Kirk Munroe, Howard Giles (Illustrator) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1900 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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