Frank richard stockton biography
Frank richard stockton biography
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Entry updated 18 November 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1834-1902) US editor and author, whose known pseudonyms for early work included Paul Fort and John Lewees. He worked on Scribner's Magazine before becoming assistant editor of St Nicholas Magazine 1873-1881, and began to publish stories for children with "The Slight Mistake" for the American Courier in 1855, though his first tale to gain much attention was "Ting-a-ling" (1867 Riverside Magazine for Young People); it was assembled, along with other stories about the eponymous elf, as his first book, Ting-a-Ling (coll 1870; vt Ting-a-ling Tales; also see below), illustrated by E B Bensell, Hurd & Houghton, 1870 His first works of fiction, for children, date from around It was during this period, while writing for children, that he developed the combination of humour and fantasy featured in such works as Tales Out of School (coll 1875), which includes "How Three Men Went to the Moon", and The Floating Prince and O