Casper Whitney

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Casper Whitney was a sports journalist, hunter, traveler, war correspondent, and author.

He originated the concept of the All-American team in college football in 1889 when he worked for Harper's Magazine. From 1900 he was editor-in-chief of the monthly The Outing Magazine which promoted the outdoors and sporting pursuits, as well as a good deal of adventure fiction; authors included Jack London and Clarence E. Mulford. He was a founding member of the the Explorers Club (1904) after expeditions in North and South America. He was President of the American Olympic Committee in 1908.

[edit] Works

  • A Sporting Pilgrimage (?)
  • On Snowshoes to the Barren Grounds (1896)
  • Hawaiian America (1899)
  • Jungle Trails and Jungle People (?)
  • Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep & Goat – with George Bird Grinnell and Owen Wister, (New York, 1904)
  • The Flowing Road (1913)
  • What's the Matter with Mexico? (New York, 1916)

Sources: Dillon Wallace Papers; Edgar Rice Burroughs Library; Explorer's Club History.

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