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F. Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915)

Author of Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero

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About the Author

Image credit: By published by L C Page and company Boston 1903 - Little Pilgrimages, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11926963

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Works by F. Hopkinson Smith

The Under Dog (1903) 36 copies
The Tides of Barnegat (1906) 33 copies
The Fortunes of Oliver Horn (1902) 29 copies
Caleb West, Master Diver (1898) 22 copies
The Arm-Chair at the Inn (1912) 21 copies
Tom Grogan (1895) 17 copies
Gondola Days (1897) 16 copies
A White Umbrella in Mexico (1889) 16 copies, 1 review
Kennedy Square (1911) 13 copies
Colonel Carter's Christmas (1903) 12 copies
In Dickens's London (1914) 11 copies
Felix O'Day (1915) 9 copies
In Thackeray's London (1913) 8 copies
The Wood Fire in No. 3 (1903) 7 copies
The Other Fellow (1899) 5 copies
At Close Range (1905) 5 copies
Enoch Crane (1916) 5 copies
The Little Grey Lady (1914) 4 copies
Charcoals of Old New York (1912) 4 copies
Venice of To-Day (1894) 3 copies
Forty Minutes Late (1909) 3 copies
Snubbin' thro' Jersey (1887) 2 copies
A List to Starboard (1909) 2 copies
The Veiled Lady (1907) 2 copies
Homo (1909) 1 copy
Fiddles (1909) 1 copy
Abijah's Bubble (1909) 1 copy
Stories of Italy (1894) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Signet Classic Book of Contemporary American Short Stories (1985) — Contributor — 44 copies, 1 review
International Short Stories American (Volume 1) (2012) — Contributor — 11 copies
Representative American Short Stories — Contributor — 5 copies, 1 review

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Legal name
Smith, Francis Hopkinson
Birthdate
1838-10-23
Date of death
1915-04-07
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Occupations
artist
author
engineer
Awards and honors
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1898)
Short biography
He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty.

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Terrific book - I really enjoyed it and hated to finish. The author is an artist who paints pictures with his words in addition to his oils. Mexico is pictured more clearly for the reader and his friend, Moon, is depicted so well that I feel I've known him always. As a collector, I could really identify with the author who as a collector of Mexican antiques was always going to great lengths to find what he wanted. Also, his search for a 300 year old masterpiece by Titian and description of the painting was worth reading the whole book. I highly recommend it… (more)
 
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