George Barr McCutcheon

George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866 – October 23, 1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include a series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and the novel Brewster's Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films.

George Barr McCutcheon
BornJuly 26, 1866
DiedOctober 23, 1928
Notable worksBrewster's Millions

Life

McCutcheon was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. His father, despite his own lack of 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. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the newspaper Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.

Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he disliked 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 and died in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

McCutcheon, along with a number of other Indiana authors of the same period, is considered to be part of the Golden Age of Indiana Literature.[1]

Selected 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)
  • Nedra (1905)
  • Jane Cable (1906)
  • Cowardice Court (1906)
  • The Flyers (1907)
  • The Daughter of Anderson Crow (1907)
  • The Husbands of Edith (1908)
  • The Man from Brodney's (1908)
  • The Alternative (1909)
  • The Butterfly Man (1910)
  • The Rose in the Ring (1910)
  • Mary Midthorne (1911)
  • What's-His-Name (1911)
  • The Hollow of Her Hand (1912)
  • A Fool and His Money (1913)
  • Black is White (1914)
  • Her Weight in Gold (1914)

  • Mr. Bingle at Project Gutenberg (1915)[2]
  • From the Housetops (1916)
  • The Light that Lies (1916)
  • Green Fancy (1917)
  • Shot with Crimson (1918)
  • The City of Masks (1918)
  • Sherry (1919)
  • Anderson Crow, Detective (1920)
  • West Wind Drift (1920)
  • Quill's Window 1921
  • Viola Gwyn (1922)
  • Yollop (1922)
  • Oliver October (1923)
  • Romeo in Moon Village (1925)
  • Kindling and Ashes (1926)
  • Blades (1928)
  • The Merivales (1929)

Plays
  • Brood House (1910)
  • Mary Midthorne (1911)

Filmography

References
  1. Boomhower, Ray. Who's A Hoosier, The Rotarian (September 1997), p. 18
  2. "Jingle Jangle Christmas Page 10". Ashleigh Austin.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.