Allan W. Eckert

Author Allan Wesley Eckert was born on January 30, 1931 in Buffalo, New York; he grew up in Chicago, Illinois. When he was just a young man, he hitched rides across the United States; throughout all of his travels, he learned about wildlife and lived off of the land. When he was only thirteen years old, he started writing about nature and the history of America. He went to college close to Bellefontaine, Ohio, and spent a long time living in this town. He died while he was sleeping on July 7, 2011 in Corona, California, a little under six months after he turned eighty.