John Randolph Spears
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Biography
John Randolph Spears was born at Van Wert, Ohio on April 21, 1850.[1]
He married Celestia Smiley on November 11, 1873.[1]
In 1875, he became editor of the East Aurora Advertiser, and the next year he founded the Silver Creek Local. He was a reporter on the Buffalo Express from 1880 until 1882, when he joined the staff of the New York Sun.[2] Later, devoting himself to writing, he settled at Little Falls, N. Y.
He died in Utica, New York on January 25, 1936.[3]
Publications
- The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Dramatic Story of a Mountain Feud (1888)
- The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn (1895)
- The Port of Missing Ships and Other Stories of the Sea (1896)
- The History of Our Navy from its Origin to the Present Day (five volumes, 1897-1899)
- The Fugitive (1899)
- The American Slave Trade (1900; new edition, 1907)
- David G. Farragut (1905)
- A History of the United States Navy (1907)
- The Story of New England Whalers (1908)
- A History of the American Navy (1909)
- The Story of the American Merchant Marine (1910)
- Master Mariners (1911)
Online reading
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References
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External links
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- Historical Materials from Southern Patagonia
- Works by John Randolph Spears, Google Books