Editing August Derleth (section)

===Other works===
Derleth also wrote many historical novels, as part of both the ''Sac Prairie Saga'' and the ''Wisconsin Saga''. He also wrote history; arguably most notable among these was ''The Wisconsin: River of a Thousand Isles'', published in 1942. The work was one in a series entitled "The Rivers of America", conceived by writer [[Constance Lindsay Skinner]] during the [[Great Depression]] as a series that would connect Americans to their heritage through the history of the great rivers of the nation. Skinner wanted the series to be written by artists, not academicians. Derleth, while not a trained historian, was, according to former Wisconsin state historian [[William F. Thompson]], "… a very competent regional historian who based his historical writing upon research in the primary documents and who regularly sought the help of professionals…". In the foreword to the 1985 reissue of the work by [[The University of Wisconsin Press]], Thompson concluded: "No other writer, of whatever background or training, knew and understood his particular 'corner of the earth' better than August Derleth."

Additionally, Derleth wrote a number of volumes of poetry. Three of his collections – ''Rind of Earth'' (1942), ''Selected Poems'' (1944), and ''The Edge of Night'' (1945) – were published by the [[Decker Press]], which also printed the work of other Midwestern poets such as [[Edgar Lee Masters]].

Derleth was also the author of several biographies of other writers, including [[Zona Gale]], [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] and [[Henry David Thoreau]].

He also wrote introductions to several collections of classic early 20th century comics, such as ''[[Buster Brown]]'', ''[[Little Nemo in Slumberland]]'', and ''[[Katzenjammer Kids]]'', as well as a book of children's poetry entitled ''A Boy's Way'', and the foreword to ''Tales from an Indian Lodge'' by Phebe Jewell Nichols''.'' Derleth also wrote under the [[pen name]]s Stephen Grendon, Kenyon Holmes and Tally Mason.

Derleth's papers were donated to the [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] in Madison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015020702/https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;view=text;rgn=main;didno=uw-whs-wis000wo|title=Derleth, August, 1909–1971|archive-url=https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;view=text;rgn=main;didno=uw-whs-wis000wo|archive-date=October 14, 2023|website=www.wisconsinhistory.org}}</ref>