Edwin Legrand Sabin (1870–1952) was an American author best known for popular histories and juvenile fiction centered on the American West and frontier life. Born on 23 December 1870 in Rockford, Illinois, he attended Beloit College and studied briefly at the University of Wisconsin, and worked as a journalist and editor before turning to full-time writing. He specialized in accessible, adventure-driven narratives about pioneers, explorers, scouts, and Native American history, aimed largely at younger readers but widely read by adults as well. His notable works include Kit Carson Days (1914), a major biographical and historical study of the frontiersman; Building the Pacific Railway (1919); and Wild Men of the Wild West (1929). He also wrote numerous boys' adventure novels in series form, often featuring scouts, trappers, and pioneers of the Old West, along with books on Daniel Boone, the Santa Fe Trail, and other frontier subjects. Prolific and popular in the early twentieth century, Sabin blended factual history with narrative storytelling to make Western history approachable for young audiences, and his work is representative of the era's romanticized frontier literature. He died on 24 November 1952.
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