Author. He was an American author who gained fame for his Western novels. He was the first important naturalist writer in the United States. He studied art in Paris, France, before attending the University of California at Berkeley, where he began his successful and prolific literary career. Locating in San Francisco during the days of the gold rush, he started writing articles for the "Francisco Chronicle." His journalism career included a news correspondent in South Africa in 1895, an editorial assistant on the "San Francisco Wave from 1896 to 1897, and a war correspondent in Cuba for "McClure's Magazine" in 1898. His short stories and novels grasp the American West during the progressive era. As a journalist and a leader of the Naturalism movement, his notable works included "McTeague" in 1899, "The Octopus: A Story of California" in 1901, and "The Pit" in 1903. He died from an attack of appendicitis at age 32 in San Francisco, California.
Author. He was an American author who gained fame for his Western novels. He was the first important naturalist writer in the United States. He studied art in Paris, France, before attending the University of California at Berkeley, where he began his successful and prolific literary career. Locating in San Francisco during the days of the gold rush, he started writing articles for the "Francisco Chronicle." His journalism career included a news correspondent in South Africa in 1895, an editorial assistant on the "San Francisco Wave from 1896 to 1897, and a war correspondent in Cuba for "McClure's Magazine" in 1898. His short stories and novels grasp the American West during the progressive era. As a journalist and a leader of the Naturalism movement, his notable works included "McTeague" in 1899, "The Octopus: A Story of California" in 1901, and "The Pit" in 1903. He died from an attack of appendicitis at age 32 in San Francisco, California.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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