Francis J. Finn

Father Francis J. Finn, S.J. (born St. Louis, MO, 1859, died Cincinnati, OH, November 2, 1928). ["Rev. Francis J. Finn, Author, Dies at 70: Writer of May Popular Books for Boys Succumbs in Cincinnati"; "The New York Times", Nov. 3, 1928] wrote a series of 27 popular Catholic novels for young people. The books contain fun stories, likeable characters and themes that remain current in today's world. Each story conveys an important moral precept.

Life

He entered the Society of Jesus in 1879 after graduating from St. Louis University. He was ordained a priest in 1893, and after some time at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he came to St. Xavier College in Cincinnati.

Bibliography

* "Candle Dreams"
* "Sunshine and Freckles"
* "On the Run"
* "Bobby in Movieland"
* "Facing Danger"
* "His Luckiest Year" (a sequel to "Lucky Bob")
* "Lucky Bob"
* "Percy Wynn; or, Making a Boy of Him"
* Tom Playfair; or, Making a Start"
* "But Thy Love and Thy Grace"
* "Claude Lightfoot; or, How the Problem Was Solved"
* "Harry Dee; or, Working It Out"
* "Ethelred Preston; or, the Adventures of a Newcomer"
* "The Best Foot Forward; and Other Stories"
* "Cupid of Campion"
* "That Football Game, and What Came of It"
* "The Fairy of the Snows"
* "That Office Boy"
* "His First and Last Appearance"
* "Mostly Boys: Short Stories"
* "Father Finn, S.J.: The Story of His Life Told by Himself for His Friends Young and Old" (edited and with an introduction by Daniel S. Lord, S.J.) (1929)

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