About the Author
George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was the son of publisher George Palmer Putnam. He abandoned his studies in Germany to serve with the Union Army in the Civil War. His books include Memories of My Youth (1914), Memories of a Publisher (1915), Some Memories of the Civil War (1924), and the children’s books The Artificial Mother (1894) and The Little Gingerbread Man (1910).
