Archie P. McKishnie (June 20, 1875 – July 7, 1946) was a popular Canadian author and short story writer.
Biography
McKishnie was born on June 20, 1875, at Rondeau Point in
New Scotland, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, and educated at
Ridgetown Collegiate Institute.
Before becoming a writer he was dramatic editor of the Sunday edition of ''
The Toronto World'' newspaper.
His stories have been categorized as
historical fiction
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...
, nature stories, and juvenile stories.
He was considered one of Canada's best nature writers of his day.
He was the brother of poet
Jean Blewett
Jean McKishnie Blewett (pen name, Katherine Kent; 4 November 1862 – 19 August 1934) was a Canadian journalist, author and poet.
Biography
Blewett was born Janet McKinshie in Scotia, Kent County, Ontario in 1862 to Scottish immigrants (s ...
.
He died at his home in Toronto on July 7, 1946.
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McKishnie's archives are held by the ]William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections
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at McMaster University.
Selected works
*''Gaff Linkum: A Tale of Talbotville''. Toronto: Briggs, 1907. 255 p.
*''Love of the Wild''. Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1910. 327 p.
*''Willow, the Wisp''. Toronto: Allen, 1918. 308 p.
*''A Son of Courage''. Toronto: Allen, 1920. 284 p.
*''Openway''. Toronto: Musson, 1922. 233 p.
*''Big John Wallace: A Romance of the Early Canadian Pioneers''. Toronto: Massey-Harris Press, 1922. 47 p.
*''Mates of the Tangle''. Toronto: Musson, 1924. 247 p.
*''Brains, Limited''. Toronto: Allen, 1925. 287 p.
*''Dwellers of the Marsh Realm''. Chicago: Donohue, 1937. 79 p.
References
External links
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Works by Archie P. McKishnie
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1875 births
1946 deaths
20th-century Canadian novelists
20th-century Canadian short story writers
Canadian male novelists
People from Chatham-Kent
Writers from Ontario