The Lawton Girl

Harold Frederic (born Harold Henry Frederick; August 19, 1856 - October 19, 1898) was an American journalist and novelist.Frederic was born in Utica, New York, to Presbyterian parents. After his father was killed in a railroad accident when Frederic was 18 months old, the boy was raised primarily by his mother. He finished school at age fifteen, and soon began work as a photographer. For four years he was a photographic touch-up artist in his hometown and in Boston. In 1875, he began work as a proofreader for the newspaper The Utica Herald and then The Utica Daily Observer. Frederic later became a reporter. Frederic married Grace Green Williams in 1877, and they had five children together. By 1882 he was editor of the newspaper The Albany Evening Journal in the state capital.

• • Author: Harold Harold Frederic
• • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Jun 17, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 232 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1720418977
• • ISBN-13: 9781720418979