Francis Lynde (November 12, 1856 – May 16, 1930) was an American writer. Three of his books were adapted to film.
[Gaston: The amazing career of Francis Lynde]
April 15th, 2018 by Kay Baker Gaston, Chattanooga Times Free Press He was born in
Lewiston, New York
Lewiston is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 15,944 at the 2020 census. The town and its contained village are named after Morgan Lewis, a governor of New York.
The Town of Lewiston is on the western bord ...
, and wrote adventure novels set in the American West in the early 20th century.
[ The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library has a collection of his papers.
His novels were set in the mountains of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Railroading and mining provided settings for his storylines. The main characters were often mining or railroad engineers. His collection of detective stories was titled ''Scientific Sprague''.]Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...
of Eastern Tennessee.
Mary Antoinette Stickle Lynde (''née'' Stickle; 1867–1960) was his wife.[
He is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee.][
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Filmography
* '' Across the Burning Trestle'' (1914)
* ''Stranded in the Arcady ''Stranded in the Arcady'' was a popular book by Francis Lynde (1856–1930) first published in 1917. It was adapted to a silent film ''Stranded in Arcady'' by Astra Film.
The book was illustrated by Arthur E. Becher. Several of Lynde's other b ...
'' (1917) pages 940, 941
* ''Bucking the Line
''Bucking the Line'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Carl Harbaugh and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Molly Malone and Kathryn McGuire.Munden p.96
Cast
* Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn as John Montague Smith
* Molly Malone as Corona ...
'' (1921), based on his 1915 novel ''The Real Man''
Bibliography
* ''A Case in Equity'' (1895)
* ''A Romance in Transit'' (1897)
* ''The Helpers'' (1899)
* ''A Private Chivalry'' (1900)
* ''The Quickening'' (1906)
* ''The Taming of Red Butte'' (1910)[
* ''The Real Man'' (1915)
* ''Branded'' (1917)
* ''The City of Numbered Days''
* ''Empire Builders '' (1907)]Stranded in the Arcady ''Stranded in the Arcady'' was a popular book by Francis Lynde (1856–1930) first published in 1917. It was adapted to a silent film ''Stranded in Arcady'' by Astra Film.
The book was illustrated by Arthur E. Becher. Several of Lynde's other b ...
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* ''The Wreckers''
* ''David Vallory'' (1919)
* ''A girl A Horse and a Dog'' (1920)
* ''The Fire Bringers'' (1921)
* ''Mr Arnold'' (1923)
* ''Mellowing Money'', (1925)
* ''Fight on the Standing Stone'', (1925)
* ''Cripple Creek Nineteen Hundred''
* ''The Cruise of the Cuttlefish'' (1925)
* ''The Tenderfoots'' (1926)
* ''Blind man’s Bluff'' (1928)
* ''The Complete Railroad Crime Cases of Scientific Sprague'' (2023)
References
Additional sources
*American Fiction, 1901–1925: A Bibliography By Geoffrey D. Smith, partial bibliography, Page 419
*Elizabeth Fry Page: Feathers from an Eagles Nest” The Olympian, V2 (V1 and V2 combined), 1903 Page 23–27, Google Books.
*Personal notes on Francis Lynde and his home on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
External links
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1856 births
1930 deaths
19th-century American writers
20th-century American writers
American male novelists