Biography
Macdonald was born in New Brunswick, Canada, the son of Alexander Black Macdonald and Jemima McDonald. He later described his father: *"The greatest man I ever knew … was a preacher in a little Canadian village. He preached in three villages, riding on circuit, helping people. He did that for sixty years and died possessing a black broadcloth suit and $125. A great man and a great life." Macdonald emigrated to the United States in 1890, and became naturalized as a citizen in 1896.''Who’s Who in America'', vol. 19 (1936-1937), p. 1555 He quickly established himself as reporter, working first for the '' Kansas City Times'' (1891-1893), then the '' Kansas City World'' (1893), and '' The Kansas City Star'' (1894-1920). He took a leave from newspaper reporting to serve on the staff of ''Country Gentleman'' and ''Ladies’ Home Journal'' (1920-1928), but returned to the ''Kansas City Star'' in 1928, and continued there until his death. Earlier, he had been sent to Oklahoma to cover the chase of Henry Starr, "a bandit who rode safely through a surrounding posse because his sweetheart was on the horse with him and the possemen were too gallant to shoot." After he was assigned to interview evangelist Billy Sunday, he took a leave from the ''Star'' to go to New York to work as Sunday's publicity agent.References
1942 deaths 1871 births American male journalists Writers from Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City Times people Kansas City World people The Kansas City Star people {{US-journalist-stub