Name Herman Whitaker Role Writer | Movies 3 Bad Men Children Elsie Whitaker Martinez | |
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Died January 20, 1919, New York City, New York, United States Parents Annie Walton, James Whitaker People also search for Elsie Whitaker Martinez, John Ford, John Stone, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Ralph Spence Books The Mystery of the Barra, The Planter: A Novel, The Probationer: And Othe, Hunting the German Shark: Th, Hunting the German Shark: Th | ||
The Mystery of the Barranca by Herman Whitaker (Book Reading, British English Female Voice)
Herman Whitaker (January 14, 1867 in Huddersfield, England – January 20, 1919 in New York City) was a Californian writer.
Whitaker and his family moved to the Piedmont, California hills in 1902 and took up residence in "The Bug House," which is now Blair Avenue.
His family became part of the Bohemian group including Jack and Bess London and George and Carrie Sterling. His daughter, Elsie Whitaker, was the subject of photographs and paintings. She married Mexican-American artist Xavier Martinez (1869-1943) in October 1907, and they remained married until Martinez's death in 1943.
His books include The Probationer (1905), The Settler (1906), The Planter (1909), and The Mystery of the Barranca (1913) among many others. His novel Over the Border (1916) was adapted for the John Ford western 3 Bad Men (1926).