Fox, John, 1863-1919

Novelist and short story writer.

From the description of Letters, 1890-1901 ; (bulk 1890-1897). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271345

From the description of Letters, 1890-1901; (bulk 1890-1897). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20770068

John Fox, Jr. was born in 1862 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Fox was a popular writer at the turn of the century who chronicled the folklife of the Cumberland Mountains. Educated at Transylvania University and Harvard, Fox began his writing career as a reporter then as a short story writer and novelist. Among his books are A CUMBERLAND VENDETTA AND OTHER STORIES, THE KENTUCKIANS, BLUEGRASS AND RHODODENDRUM, THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME, and THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. Fox died in 1919 and was buried in Paris, Kentucky.

From the description of John Fox, Jr. letters, undated. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 40700258

John Fox (1863-1919) was a novelist and short story writer of Kentucky. Fox was educated at Harvard University and worked as a newspaper journalist in New York, N.Y., and a bookkeeper in his brother's mining venture in the Kentucky mountains.

From the guide to the John Fox Letters, ., 1883-1889, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

John Fox was an author born and raised in Kentucky. After attending Transylvania and Harvard, he began a brief career as a journalist, but returned to Kentucky due to poor health. He is best known for two novels, THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME and THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. It was while Fox was a student at Harvard that he met Micajah Fible, a native of Louisville who became an attorney and journalist in Louisville, Kansas City, and Chicago. Through Fible, Fox met Madison J. Cawein, a poet from Louisville.

From the description of John Fox, Jr. and Madison J. Cawein letters to Micajah Fible, 1883-1889. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13390690

Kentucky-born author.

From the description of John Fox : miscellaneous papers, 1883-1909. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49223780

Author, journalist.

John Fox, Jr. was born at Stony Point, Ky. His father was a schoolteacher who taught John at home until he was fifteen. John attended Transylvania and Harvard, then embarked on a brief journalistic career. He returned to Kentucky in 1885 due to poor health, and participated in some mining ventures with his father and brother. This exposure to life in the mountains greatly influenced his later writing career. Fox's best-known novels are THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME and THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. Fox served as a foreign correspondent during the Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese Wars. He died in 1919.

From the description of Brer Coon in old Kentucky : typescript, n.d. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13390523

Author, journalist.

John Fox, Jr. was born at Stony Point, Ky. His father was a schoolteacher who taught John at home until he was fifteen. John attended Transylvania and Harvard, then embarked on a brief journalistic career. He returned to Kentucky in 1885 due to poor health, and participated in some mining ventures with his father and brother. This exposure to life in the mountains greatly influenced Fox's writing career. He is best known for two novels, THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME and THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. Fox served as a foreign correspondent during the Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese wars. He died in 1919.

From the description of John Fox letters, 1895-1902. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13390768