A Lost Hero
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About the author
Herbert D. Ward (1861–1932) was an American novelist whose work included popular fiction and short stories, which appeared mainly in the popular magazines of his day. Two of his works are held in the collection: A Lost Hero and A Republic Without a President, and Other Stories; the latter, judging by its title, is a collection of short stories, while the former is a novel. Public information about him is limited, so details of his life, education, and career remain difficult to establish, and the available information centers chiefly on his writings. Judging from his subjects and places of publication, he wrote for a general readership, emphasizing readability and lively plotting, and he belongs to the circle of American popular-fiction writers active from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century; his works are also primary material for understanding the magazine fiction of that period.
