McCutcheon, George Barr, 1866-1928

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Dates:
Birth 1866-07-26
Death 1928-10-23
Americans,
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American novelist.

From the description of Courage, [1916-1917]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29547103

Author.

From the description of George Barr McCutcheon, 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983984

George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American novelist best known for his fictional works such as Graustark (1901).

McCutcheon was born on July 26, 1866 to John Barr and Clara (Glick) McCutcheon in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. As a boy, McCutcheon taught his brother John how to draw. John went on to become a successful American cartoonist. George McCutcheon attended Purdue University at Lafayette from 1882-1883 before leaving to work as a reporter at the Lafayette Journal . "The Ante-Mortem Condition of George Ramor," printed in the National Magazine in 1896, was McCutcheon's first published short story. Graustark, written in 1901, established McCutcheon as a writer. The novel was written in a single draft at about a thousand words a day. McCutcheon married Marie Van Antwerp Fay on September 26, 1904. He died suddenly on October 23, 1928 while at a luncheon at the Hotel Martinique.

1901 Graustark 1902 Brewster's Millions Castle Craneycrow 1903 The Sherrods 1904 Beverly of Graustark The Day of the Dog 1906 Jane Cable 1907 The Daughter of Anderson Crow 1911 Mary Midthorne 1912 The Hollow of Her Hand 1913 A Fool and His Money 1914 The Prince of Graustark 1919 Sherry 1920 Anderson Crow, Detective West Wind Drift 1924 East of the Setting Sun 1927 The Inn of the Hawk and Raven 1929 The Merivales

From the guide to the George Barr McCutcheon Collection, 1903-1930, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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Subjects:

  • American literature
  • Publishers and publishing
  • Authors, American
  • Novelists, American
  • Drama
  • Literature
  • Literature
  • World War, 1914-1918

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  • Authors
  • Novelists

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)

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