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Norman Leslie Munro
Norman Leslie Munro
Born	1843; Pictou County, Nova Scotia, British North America
Died	February 24, 1894 (aged 50–51); Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Burial place	Green-Wood Cemetery; Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Nationality	Canadian-American
Occupation	Publishing
Children	2
Relatives	George Munro (brother)

Norman Leslie Munro (1842–1894) was a Canadian-American publisher.

In 1873 Munro established the New York Family Story Paper, which gained a weekly circulation of 325,000.^[3] He also published Boys of New York, Our Boys, Munro's Library, and the American juvenile magazine Golden Hours in the late 19th century. One of his main writers was H. Irving Hancock. He also published Nellie Bly's 1887 investigative journalism exposé Ten Days in a Mad-House.

Throughout his life, Munro owned several fast steam yachts including the Herreshoff-designed Norwood, which garnered extensive media attention for its competition with William Randolph Hearst's rival yacht Vamoose to set speed new records.^[4]^[5]

Munro died on February 24, 1894, in New York City after an appendectomy and was survived by his wife and two children.^[1] He is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Death of Norman L. Munro" (PDF). The New York Times. February 25, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Norman L. Munro's Funeral" (PDF). The New York Times. February 26, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
^ H. Hall, America's successful men of affairs, 2 vols, 1895–96
^ "There Will Be a Race" (PDF). The New York Times. September 29, 1891. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
^ "What the Vamoose Can Do" (PDF). The New York Times. September 12, 1891. Retrieved 29 December 2024.