10 Facts About Will Irwin

William Henry Irwin was an American author, writer, and journalist who was associated with the muckrakers.

When his business failed, Will Irwin's father moved the family to Twin Lakes, Colorado.

Will Irwin said he cured himself of a diagnosed bout of tuberculosis by "roughing it" for a year as a cowboy.

Will Irwin was forced to withdraw for disciplinary reasons but was readmitted and graduated on May 24,1899.

In 1901 Will Irwin got a job as a reporter on the San Francisco Chronicle, eventually rising to Sunday editor.

Will Irwin arrived in New York City the same day as a major disaster, the sinking of the General Slocum.

Will Irwin rose to the position of editor but disliked the work and then moved to Collier's, edited by Norman Hapgood.

Will Irwin wrote investigative stories on the movement for Prohibition and a study of fake spiritual mediums.

Will Irwin was married to the feminist author, Inez Haynes Will Irwin, who published under the name Inez Haynes Gillmore, author of Angel Island and The Californiacs.

Will Irwin wrote a story in 1914 for The American Magazine about summer life in Scituate.