The Way of a Man (Esprios Classics)

Emerson Hough (1857 - 1923) was an American author best known for writing western stories and historical novels. Hough graduated from the University of Iowa with a law degree. He moved to White Oaks, New Mexico, and practiced law there but eventually turned to literary work by taking camping trips and writing about them for publication. In 1902 his first best-seller was published, The Mississippi Bubble. Hough was also a conservationist. One of his projects for Forest and Stream was to survey Yellowstone National Park in midwinter 1893. His other notable works included Story of the Cowboy, Way of the West, Singing Mouse Stories, and The Passing of the Frontier. Among his historical novels was The Magnificent Adventure in 1916.