Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1912 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Illustrated with 7 pictures. William Alexander Linn (born September 4, 1846, died February 23, 1917). He was a United States journalist and historian. Horace Greeley (born February 3, 1811, died November 29, 1872). He was editor of the New York Tribune , among the great newspapers of its time.