Joel Cook

Joel Cook (1842–1910) was an American journalist, author and politician from Philadelphia. He worked for many years on the Philadelphia Public Ledger, serving as its financial editor and as a correspondent, and wrote for The Times of London. His travel books, among them A Holiday Tour in Europe and England, Picturesque and Descriptive, introduced American readers to the landscapes and history of the Old World. Late in life he was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Pennsylvania, serving from 1907 until his death in 1910.