- George Barr McCutcheon
George Barr McCutcheon (
July 26 ,1866 –1928) was an American popularnovelist andplaywright . His best known works include the series of novels set inGraustark , a fictional East European country, "Brewster's Millions ", a play and several films.Born in
Tippecanoe County ,Indiana , McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied atPurdue University and was a roommate of future humoristGeorge Ade . During his college years, he was editor of the "Lafayette Daily Courier " and wrote a serial novel of satire aboutWabash River life.Although McCutcheon became famous for the "Graustark" series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist
John T. McCutcheon .elected bibliography
Graustark novels
* "Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind a Throne" (1901), ISBN 1-4043-5098-5
* "Beverly of Graustark" (1904), ISBN 1-4179-3249-X
* "Truxton King: A Story of Graustark" (1909), ISBN 1-4179-0333-3
* "The Prince of Graustark" (1914), ISBN 1-4179-4103-0
* "East of the Setting Sun" (1924), ISBN 1-4179-1787-3
* "The Inn of the Hawk and the Raven" (1927)Other novels
* "
Brewster's Millions " (1902), ISBN 0-253-33632-5
* "Castle Craneycrow" (1902)
* "The Sherrods" (1903)
* "The Day of the Dog " (1904)
* "The Purple Parasol" (1905)
* "Jane Cable" (1905)
* "Cowardice Court" (1906)
* "Nedra" (1905)
* "The Flyers" (1907)
* "The Daughter of Anderson Crow" (1907)
*"The Husbands of Edith" (1908)
*"The Man from Brodney's" (1908)
*"Viola Gwyn" (1922)
*"Kindling and Ashes" (1926)
*"Green Fancy"
*"Her Weight in Gold"
*"The Hollow of Her Hand"
*"A Fool and His Money"
*"From the Housetops"
*"The Rose in the Ring" (1910)
*"Mr. Bingle" (1915) [gutenberg|no=5963|name=Mr. Bingle by George Barr McCutcheon] [ [http://www.ashleighaustin.com/jingle_jangle10.html Mr. Bingle 1915|Jingle Jangle Christmas Page 10 ] at www.ashleighaustin.com]Plays
*"
Brood House " (1910)
*"Mary Midthorne " (1911)
*"Anderson Crow, Detective " (1920)Notes
External links
*gutenberg author|id=George_Barr_McCutcheon|name=George Barr McCutcheon
* [http://www.bsu.edu/ourlandourlit/Literature/Authors/mccutcheongb.html Article on McCutcheon] at "Our Land, Our Literature" site
* [http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00341.xml Inventory of George Barr McCutcheon papers] at Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at theUniversity of Texas at Austin
* [http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=Graustark Page in a bestsellers database about "Graustark", including a short biography of McCutcheon]
*August 1, 1915, New York Times, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9504E5DE133FE233A25752C0A96E9C946496D6CF SERIAL SYSTEM HURTS OUR NOVELS; And Too Many American Writers Want to Own Automobiles, Says George Barr McCutcheon]
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