I Also Had My Hour: An Alternative Autobiography of G.K. Chesterton

• Compiled and edited by Chesterton expert Dale Ahlquist
• Drawn from rare and unpublished writings by Chesterton
• Reveals his humor, faith, and interior life in his own words
• Includes extensive biographical timeline and insights
• Fresh, personal view of the celebrated Catholic author

An extraordinary self-portrait told through another’s careful hand.

Nearly a century after his death, G. K. Chesterton “writes” again—this time about himself. Renowned scholar Dale Ahlquist curates Chesterton’s reflections, letters, essays, and poems into a vivid narrative that lets the author’s own voice tell his story.

From his early years and rise to fame to his friendships, doubts, and final embrace of Catholicism, Chesterton emerges as both thinker and pilgrim, revealing wit and warmth even in his private struggles.

Drawing from hundreds of rare sources, many unseen for over a century, Ahlquist presents the most intimate look yet at the man behind the paradoxes. Complete with an extensive life timeline, this work offers readers—new and old—a renewed encounter with a literary giant whose joy and faith still speak powerfully today.