Charles Major (writer)
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Charles Major | |
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| Born | July 25, 1856 Indianapolis |
| Died | February 13, 1913 (aged 56) Shelbyville, Indiana |
| Pen name | Edwin Caskoden |
| Occupation | Lawyer and novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Notable works | When Knighthood Was in Flower, The Bears of Blue River, Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall |
Charles Major (July 25, 1856 – February 13, 1913) was an American lawyer and novelist.
Biography
Major was born on July 25, 1856 in
Writing remained an interest of Major, and in 1898, he published his first novel,
With a successful writing career, Major gradually lessened his legal obligations, closing his law practice over a year after his first novel, in 1899. Published in 1902, his third novel,
Major continued to write and publish several additional novels, to varying degrees of success, as well as a number of children's adventure stories, most set in and around his native state of Indiana. Charles Major died of liver cancer on February 13, 1913, at his home in Shelbyville, Indiana.
In 2006, Shelbyville, Indiana native Eric Linne wrote and copyrighted a motion picture screenplay adaptation of Major's novel The Bears of Blue River.
Bibliography
- When Knighthood Was in Flower (1898)
- The Bears of Blue River (1901)
- Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1902)
- A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties (1903)
- Yolanda: A Maid of Burgundy (1905)
- Uncle Tom Andy Bill: A Story of Bears and Indian Treasure (1908)
- A Gentle Knight of Old Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia and Margravine, consort of Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth)
- The Little King: A Story of the Childhood of King Louis XIV(1910)
- Sweet Alyssum (1911)
- The Touchstone of Fortune: Being the Memoir of Baron Clyde etc. (1912)
- Rosalie (1925)
Filmography
- Sweet Alyssum, directed by Colin Campbell (1915, based on the story Sweet Alyssum: A Story of the Indiana Oil Fields)
- When Knighthood Was in Flower, directed by Robert G. Vignola (1922, based on the novel When Knighthood Was in Flower)
- Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, directed by Marshall Neilan (1924, based on the novel Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall)
- Yolanda, directed by Robert G. Vignola (1924, based on the novel Yolanda)
- The Sword and the Rose, directed by Ken Annakin (1953, based on the novel When Knighthood Was in Flower)
References
- ^ ISSN 0019-6673.
External links
- Works by Charles Major at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Charles Major at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Charles Major at Internet Archive
- Works by Charles Major at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
