Charles Hawes, American historian and author (died 1923)

Charles Boardman Hawes

American maritime writer (1989–1923)

Charles Boardman Hawes was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction sea stories, best known for three historical novels. He died suddenly at age 34, after only two of his five books had been published. He was the first U.S.-born winner of the annual Newbery Medal,…