Charles Neville Buck
American novelist (1879–1957)
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Charles Neville Buck (April 15, 1879 – August 10, 1957) was an American writer who had many of his novels staged in theater productions and adapted into films during the silent film era.[1] He was born in Woodford County, Kentucky.[1] His father Charles William Buck served U.S. president Grover Cleveland's administration in Peru[2] and wrote Under the Sun about the Inca period. His maternal grandfather was dean of the University of Kentucky Medical School.[1]
Charles Neville Buck | |
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| Born | April 15, 1879 Woodford County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | August 10, 1957 (aged 78) Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, US |
| Education | University of Louisville |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Buck was born near Midway, Kentucky and grew up in Kentucky apart from four years living with his father in South America.[3] Buck graduated from the University of Louisville in 1898.[1]
Many of his works were serialized such as Battle Cry in Munsey's Magazine. The story was set in Kentucky's Cumberland Mountains.[4] Several of his novels include illustrations by various artists.
His work includes yarns about the mountain men of Kentucky and their traditions.[5]
He worked for a year as a cartoonist and then for about a decade as reporter in Kentucky. He moved to New York City after finding success as a writer. He married and acquired a vacation home in Orleans in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[1]
Bibliography
- The Lighted Match (1910)
- The Key to Yesterday[7] (1910)
- Portal of Dreams (1912)
- Call of the Cumberlands (1913), a light reworking of The Strength of Samson
- The Battle Cry (1914)
- The Code of the Mountains (1915)
- Destiny (1916)[8]
- The Tyranny of Weakness (1917)
- When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry (1918)
- A Pagan of the Hills (1919)
- The Law of Hemlock Mountain (c. 1920)
- The Tempering (1920)
- The Roof Tree[9] (1921)
- The Tyranny of Eben Tollman (1923)
- A Gentleman in Pajamas (1924)
- Rogue's Badge (1924)
- Portuguese Silver (1925)[10]
- The Flight to the Hills (1926)
- Iron Will (1927)
- Hazard of the Hills (1932)[11]
Filmography
- The Key to Yesterday (1914)
- A Woman's Power (1916) based on his novel The Code of the Mountains
- Her Man (1918 film) based on his novel The Battle Cry
- The Call of the Cumberlands (1916)
- Destiny (1919)[12]
- When Bearcat Went Dry (1919), based on his novel When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry
- Love, Honor and Obey (1920) based on his novel The Tyranny of Weakness
- The Mountain Woman (1921) based on his novel A Pagan of the Hills
- The Runaway (1926) based on his novel The Flight to the Hills
