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Name
  
John Quick


Role
  
Author

John Herbert Quick datadesmoinesregistercomfamousiowansimagesqu

Died
  
1925, Columbia, Missouri, United States

Books
  
Vandemark's Folly, Virginia of the Air Lanes, The Brown Mouse, Yellowstone nights, Aladdin & co

John Herbert Quick (October 23, 1861 – May 10, 1925) was an American writer. Nationally popular in his heyday, his works are now almost completely forgotten.

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Biography

Born October 23, 1861, near Steamboat Rock, Grundy County, Iowa, to Martin and Margaret Coleman Quick, he was afflicted with polio as a small child. He married Ella Corey in 1890.

Among his 18 books are the historical romances Vandemark's Folly (1922), The Hawkeye (1923), and The Invisible Woman (1924). An early environmentalist, his best known non-fiction work was On Board the Good Ship Earth (1913). He also produced an autobiography, One Man's Life (1925).

He died on May 10, 1925, in Columbia, Missouri.

Legacy

  • Quick's home, built near Berkeley Springs, West Virginia in 1913, was called "Coolfont" and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
  • A statue of Quick was erected in Grundy Center, Iowa.
  • Quick's 1906 comic novel, Double Trouble, or, Every Hero His Own Villain was the basis for a 1915 silent film produced by D.W. Griffith, directed by Christy Cabanne, and starring Douglas Fairbanks in one of his earliest film roles.

    • References

    John Herbert Quick Wikipedia
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