Noah Brooks

Noah Brooks was born on October 24, 1830, in Castine, Maine. He began his career as a journalist and later became a close friend and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln, serving as a Washington correspondent during the Civil War. Brooks wrote several works on Lincoln, including "The Life of Abraham Lincoln" and "Washington in Lincoln's Time." His most enduring literary work for young readers is "Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship" (1884), one of the earliest American novels to focus on organized baseball, capturing the sport's growing popularity in the late 19th century. Brooks also edited the Sacramento Daily Union and wrote for the New York Tribune. His literary legacy lies in his firsthand accounts of Lincoln's presidency and his pioneering contributions to children's sports fiction. He died on August 16, 1903, in Pasadena, California.