Background
Buel, James William was born on October 22, 1849 in Golconda, Illinois, United States. Son of Alexander H. and Sarah (Jones) Buel.
Buel, James William was born on October 22, 1849 in Golconda, Illinois, United States. Son of Alexander H. and Sarah (Jones) Buel.
Educated University of Illinois, class of 1872.
2d, Annie East. Hill, June 5, 1901. Edited country paper in Kansas, 1870-1871. Reporter on daily papers, Kansas City and Saint Louis, 1873-1878.
Traveled through Siberia, 1882, visiting convict camps.
Author: The Living World, 1891. The Story of Manitoba, 1891.
Columbus and Columbia, 1893. The Magic City, 1893.
Buel’s Manual of Self Help, 1894.
America’s Wonderlands, 1894. Beautiful Paris, 1895. Roses and Thorns of Paris and London, 1897.
The Great Operas (10 sections), 1899.
Great Achievements of the Century, 1900. Hero Tales, 1900; McKinley and His Times, 1900.
Library of American History, 1901. The Impending Crisis, 1903.
Louisiana and the Fair (10 volumes), 1904 (collaborated with Honorary James G. Blaine, Professor John Clark Ridpath, and Review T. De Witt Talmage).
Managing editor and collaborator (with Professor Rasmus B. Anderson), Norroena (15 volumes), 1906. Home: San Diego, California.
Married Eliza Brawner, 1871 (died 1897).