Stewart Edward White
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Stewart Edward White | |
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Born | Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States | March 12, 1873
Died | September 18, 1946 Hillsborough, California | (aged 73)
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Period | 1901 to 1940 |
Genre | Paranormal, adventure, travel |
Literary movement | New Age |
Notable works | The Unobstructed Universe |
Stewart Edward White (March 12, 1873 – September 18, 1946) was an American writer, novelist, and Spiritualist. He was a brother of noted mural painter Gilbert White.
Personal life
White was born in
From about 1900 until about 1922 he wrote fiction and non-fiction about adventure and travel, with an emphasis on natural history and outdoor living. Starting in 1922 he and his wife Elizabeth "Betty" Grant White wrote numerous books, that, according to them, were received through channelling with spirits. They also wrote about their travels around the state of California. White died in Hillsborough, California, on September 18, 1946, at the age of 73.[2]
Whenever you see a dust through the trees, you look first to make sure it is not raised by stray cattle. Then when you are certain of your horse and man, you start a fire in the little stove. That is the invariable rule in the mountains. The logic is simple, unanswerable, and correct. The presence of the man argues that he has ridden from some distant point, for here all points are more or less distant; and the fact in turn proves that somewhat of exercise and space have intervened last he has eaten. Therefore, no matter what the time of day, you feed him. It works out like a mathematical formula.
From "On Strangers", The Cabin, 1911
Writing
White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness. He was a keen observer of the beauties of nature and human nature, yet could render them in a plain-spoken style. Based on his own experience, whether writing camping journals or Westerns, he included pithy and fun details about cabin-building, canoeing, logging, gold-hunting, and guns and fishing and hunting. He also interviewed people who had been involved in the fur trade, the
The Long Rifle (1930), Folded Hills (1932), Ranchero (1933), and Stampede (1942) constitute The Saga of Andy Burnett, which follows a young Pennsylvania farm boy who escapes his overbearing step father by running away to the West with grandmother's blessing and "The Boone Gun", the original Kentucky rifle carried by
Honors
In 1927, the
Works
- The Westerners (1901)
- The Claim Jumpers (1901)
- The Blazed Trail (1902)
- "Call of the North" (1902)
- The Conjuror's House (1903)
- The Magic Forest: A Modern Fairy Story (1903)
- Blazed Trail Stories (1904)
- The Forest (1904)
- The Mountains (1904)
- The Silent Places (1904)
- The Pass (1906), with S. H. Adams
- The Mystery (1907), with S. H. Adams
- Arizona Nights (1907)
- Camp and Trail (1907)
- The Riverman (1908)
- The Cabin (1910)
- The Adventures of Bobby Orde (1910)
- Rules of the Game (1910) (sequel to The Adventures of Bobby Orde)
- The Sign at Six (1912)
- The Land of Footprints (1912)
- African Camp Fires (1913)
- Gold (1913)
- The Gray Dawn (1915)
- Rediscovered Country (1915)
- Simba (1917)
- The Forty-Niners; A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado (1918)
- The Killer (1919)
- The Rose Dawn (1920)
- Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout (1922)
- "The Glory Hole" (1924)
- Skookum Chuck (1925)
- Lions in the Path; A Book of Adventure on the High Veldt (1926)
- Back of Beyond (1926)
- Secret Harbour (1926)
- Dog Days, Other Times, Other Dogs; The Autobiography of a Man and His Dog Friends Through Four Decades of Changing America (1930)
- The Long Rifle (1930)
- "The Shepper-Newfounder" (1931)
- Folded Hills (1932)
- Ranchero (1933)
- Pole Star (1935), with Harry DeVighne
- Wild Geese Calling (1940)
- Stampede (1942)
The Psychic Books
- Credo (1925)
- Why Be a Mud Turtle (1928)
These first two books are "pre" Betty´s book. White discusses the philosophy of the future books, without revealing the source (the channeling through his wife Betty).
- The Betty Book (1937)
- Across the Unknown (1939), with Harwood White
- The Unobstructed Universe (1940) (Considered the most important of the collection)
- The Road I Know (1942)
- Anchors to Windward (1939)
- The Stars are Still There (1946)
- With Folded Wings (1947)
- The Gaelic Manuscripts
Nonfiction
- The Birds of Mackinac Island
Filmography
- The Call of the North, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel (1914, based on the novel The Conjuror's House)
- The Westerners, directed by Edward Sloman (1919, based on the novel The Westerners)
- The Leopard Woman, directed by Wesley Ruggles (1920, based on the novel The Leopard Woman)
- The Killer, directed by Jack Conway and Howard Hickman (1921, based on the novel The Killer)
- The Call of the North, directed by Joseph Henabery (1921, based on the novel The Conjuror's House)
- The Gray Dawn (1922, based on the novel The Gray Dawn)
- The Two-Gun Man, directed by David Kirkland (1926, based on the novel Two-Gun Man)
- Arizona Nights, directed by Lloyd Ingraham (1927, based on a story by Stewart Edward White)
- Under a Texas Moon, directed by Michael Curtiz (1930, based on the novel Two-Gun Man)
- Part Time Wife, directed by Leo McCarey (1930, based on the story The Shepper-Newfounder)
- Mystery Ranch, directed by David Howard (1932, based on the novel The Killer)
- Change of Heart, directed by James Tinling (1938, based on the story The Shepper-Newfounder)
- Wild Geese Calling, directed by John Brahm (1941, based on the novel Wild Geese Calling)
- Walt Disney: Saga of Andy Burnett, directed by Lewis R. Foster(1957–1958, TV miniseries, based on the novel The Long Rifle)
References
- ^ "Camp And Trail". www.showlettwestbooks.com.
- ^ a b "Stewart White, Adventurer and Novelist, Dies: Books Captured Thrills of Own Exciting Life". Chicago Tribune. San Francisco, California (published September 19, 1946). September 18, 1946. p. 20. Retrieved July 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 9781419189432.
- ^ "Around the World". Time. August 29, 1927. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
Sources
- J. C. Underwood, Literature and Insurgency (New York, 1914)
- Staff report (September 19, 1946). "Stewart E. White, Novelist, is Dead; Author of Stories of Adventure and Frontier Life Was 73—Stricken After Fabled Career; Choked Leopard to Death; Writer of 'Blazed Trail' Knew Yukon, Africa and West—Honored as Geographer", The New York Times, p. 31
External links
- Stewart Edward White Biography
- Guide to the Stewart Edward White Manuscripts at The Bancroft Library
- Works by Stewart Edward White at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Stewart Edward White at Project Gutenberg Australia
- Works by Stewart Edward White at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Stewart Edward White at Internet Archive
- Works by Stewart Edward White at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Stewart Edward White at IMDb
- Stewart Edward White at Library of Congress, with 108 library catalog records