Terhune, Albert Payson
Born: Dec 21, 1872 AD
Died: 1942 AD, at 69 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Novelists, Writers
Died: 1942 AD, at 69 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Novelists, Writers
1872 - Born on December 21st in Newark, New Jersey. American novelist and short-story writer who became famous for his popular stories about dogs.
1893 - After schooling in Europe, Terhune graduated from Columbia University.
1894 - He traveled in Egypt and Syria, and joined the staff of the New York Evening World.
1896-1900 - His first book was Syria from the Saddle; his first novel, Dr. Dale, was written in collaboration with his mother, herself a novelist.
1916 - He published more than 12 books before he left the Evening World.
1919 - Appeared the first of his popular dog stories, Lad, a Dog, written at his farm near Pompton Lakes, where for the rest of his life he wrote, bred prize collies, fished, and hunted.
1920-1937 - He wrote more than 25 books, nearly all of them novels in which dogs played conspicuous parts, including Bruce, The Heart of a Dog, Lad of Sunnybank, and A Book of Famous Dogs.
1942 - Died on February 18th in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey.
1893 - After schooling in Europe, Terhune graduated from Columbia University.
1894 - He traveled in Egypt and Syria, and joined the staff of the New York Evening World.
1896-1900 - His first book was Syria from the Saddle; his first novel, Dr. Dale, was written in collaboration with his mother, herself a novelist.
1916 - He published more than 12 books before he left the Evening World.
1919 - Appeared the first of his popular dog stories, Lad, a Dog, written at his farm near Pompton Lakes, where for the rest of his life he wrote, bred prize collies, fished, and hunted.
1920-1937 - He wrote more than 25 books, nearly all of them novels in which dogs played conspicuous parts, including Bruce, The Heart of a Dog, Lad of Sunnybank, and A Book of Famous Dogs.
1942 - Died on February 18th in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey.
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