John Randolph Spears | |
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Born | Van Wert, Ohio | April 21, 1850
Died | January 25, 1936 Utica, New York | (aged 85)
Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
Spouse |
Celestia Smiley (m. 1873) |
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John Randolph Spears (1850–1936) was an American author and journalist.
Biography
[edit]John Randolph Spears was born at Van Wert, Ohio on April 21, 1850.[1]
He married Celestia Smiley on November 11, 1873.[1]
In 1875, he became editor of the East Aurora Advertiser, and the next year he founded the Silver Creek Local. He was a reporter on the Buffalo Express from 1880 until 1882, when he joined the staff of the New York Sun.[2] Later, devoting himself to writing, he settled at Little Falls, N. Y.
He died in Utica, New York on January 25, 1936.[3]
Publications
[edit]- The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Dramatic Story of a Mountain Feud (1888)
- The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn (1895)
- The Port of Missing Ships and Other Stories of the Sea (1896)
- The History of Our Navy from its Origin to the Present Day (five volumes, 1897-1899)
- The Fugitive (1899)
- The American Slave Trade (1900; new edition, 1907)
- David G. Farragut (1905)
- A History of the United States Navy (1907)
- The Story of New England Whalers (1908)
- A History of the American Navy (1909)
- The Story of the American Merchant Marine (1910)
- Master Mariners (1911)
Online reading
[edit]- Spears, John Randolph (1900). The American slave-trade: an account of its origin, growth, and suppression. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. OCLC 287496755.
spears american slave trade.
(Also 1927, 1960, 1971, 2008 editions) - Spears, John Randolph (1922). Captain Nathaniel Brown Palmer: an old-time sailor of the sea. New York: The Macmillan Co. OCLC 1834630.
n.b. palmer.
References
[edit]- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. IX. James T. White & Company. 1907. p. 162. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
- ^ "News Bulletins". The Evening News. Utica, New York. January 25, 1936. p. 15. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Works by John Randolph Spears at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Randolph Spears at the Internet Archive
- Historical Materials from Southern Patagonia
- Works by John Randolph Spears, Google Books