Frank Channing Haddock (November 17, 1853 in

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– February 9, 1915 in

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and

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author, best known for his multi-volume series ''The Power-Book Library.''

Early life and career

Frank Channing Haddock was born in Watertown, New York. His parents were the Methodist minister George C. Haddock and Cornelia B. Herrick Haddock. After graduation from Lawrence College, Appleton, WI in 1876, he first undertook training for the Methodist ministry but decided instead upon the field of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He moved to

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, where he established himself as an attorney. In 1887, after his father was assassinated in

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due to his connection to the

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, Frank Haddock returned to the church, and worked as a minister in Iowa, Ohio, and Massachusetts.

New Thought writings

Haddock retired from the ministry to become a writer. As a

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author and lecturer, he became well known for his teachings on will power, cultivation of the will, ethics, financial and business success, philosophy, and spirituality. Like his contemporaries

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and

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, he exemplified the more

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and less overtly

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side of the New Thought movement.

End of life

Haddock died in

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, at that time a virtually untreatable disease. He was just completing his final work, ''Creative Personality'' at the time, and it was published posthumously.

Bibliography

Haddock's much respected and extremely popular ''Power-Book Library'' was composed of seven titles: * '' The Power of Will: a Practical Companion-Book for Unfoldment of Selfhood Through Direct Personal Culture'' (1907)''Power of Will''
(1907) * ''Power for Success Through Culture of Vibrant Magnetism'' * ''The Personal Atmosphere'' * ''Business Power'' * ''The Culture of Courage'' * ''Practical Psychology'' * ''Creative Personality'' He was also the author of * ''Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success'' * ''The Life of Rev. George C. Haddock''. Funk & Wagnalls. 1887

References

* "Former Appleton Resident's Book Is Put On Market," ''Appleton Post-Crescent'' February 2, 1920, page 3.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haddock, Frank Channing New Thought writers 1853 births 1915 deaths