Captain Macklin
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781589632554
Paperback|9781589632554
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Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was an American writer and journalist, born in Philadelphia, and educated at Lehigh and Johns Hopkins universities. He began as a reporter in Philadelphia. In 1890 he was managing editor of Harper's Weekly. He served as war correspondent for the London Times and the New York Herald during the Greco-Turkish (1897), Spanish-American (1898), South African (1899-1902) and Russo-Japanese (1904-5) wars; and he represented the New York Tribune in Mexico in 1914. During World War I he was correspondent with the French and British armies in Serbia. Among his most popular writings are Gallegher and Other Stories (1891), Soldiers of Fortune (1897), The Bar Sinister (1903), The Man Who Could Not Lose (1911); the plays Ranson's Folly (1904), The Dictator (1904), and Miss Civilization (1906); and many travel books. "He was as good an American as ever lived and his heart flamed against cruelty and injustice. His writings form a text-book of Americanism which all our people would do well to read at the present time." Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the 26th President of the United States. A hero of the Spanish-American War, he served as governor of New York (1899-1900) and U.S. Vice President (1901) under William McKinley. He won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in the Russo-Japanese War.)
| ISBN-13 | 9781589632554 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1589632559 |
| Weight | 0.91 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.00 x 0.79 x 7.99 In |
| List Price | $24.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 344 pages |
| Publisher | Fredonia Books |
| Published On | 2001-05-01 |
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