Jacksen Baker Pierce (24 November 1894 – 23 May 1939) was an American writer who wrote and published numerous newspaper articles and short stories in the

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from 1912 to 1930. In 1931, he left San Francisco in search of inspiration. In 1933, after traveling the United States for roughly two years, he bought a small house in

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, near modern day

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. On May 22, 1939, he and two other men took a small fishing vessel out to sea. The following morning Pierce, and one of the two crew-mates, was found dead on a nearby beach. The circumstances and cause of Pierce's death remains a mystery.

Early life

Jacksen Pierce was born at the

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on November 24, 1894. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pierce, Jacksen 1894 births 1939 deaths American short story writers