Arthur Train

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Arthur Cheney Train (6 September 1875 - 22 December 1945) was an American lawyer and legal thriller writer, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr Ephraim Tutt.

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[edit] Life

Train was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was politician and lawyer Charles Russell Train and his mother, Sara Maria Cheney. Train graduated BA from Harvard University in 1896 and LLB from Harvard Law School in 1899.[1]

In 1897, Train married Ethel Kissam and they had four children. Ethel died in 1923 and Train married Helen Coster Gerard with whom he had one child.[1]

In January 1901, Train became assistant in the office of the New York District Attorney and in 1904 he started his literary career with the publication of the short story "The Maximilian Diamond" in Leslie's Monthly. He spent the next decade running the two careers in parallel.[1]

From 1915 to 1922, Train was in private practice as a lawyer with Charles Albert Perkins while continuing to write, not just novels but advertising copy, vaudeville sketch comedy, poetry and journalism. In 1919, he created the popular character of Mr. Ephraim Tutt, a wiley old lawyer who supported the common man and always had a trick up his sleeve to right the law's injustices.[1] He also coauthored two science fiction novels with eminent physicist Robert W. Wood.[2] After 1922, Train devoted himself to writing,[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Schmid (1999)
  2. ^ Train & Wood (1915), (1916)

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] By Train

  • Train, A. C. (1905). McAllister and his Double. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
  • — [1908] (2006). True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office. Echo Library. ISBN 1406810711. 
  • — (1912). Courts, Criminals and the Camorra. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
  • — [1919] (2005). Tutt and Mr. Tutt. Alan Rodgers Books. ISBN 1598186647. 
  • — (1923a). His Children's Children. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
  • — (1923b). Tut, Tut! Mr. Tutt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
  • — (1926). Page Mr. Tutt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
  • — [1928] (2005). Ambition. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1417934050. 
  • — (1930). The Adventures of Ephraim Tutt, Attorney and Counsellor-at-law. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
  • — (1937). Mr Tutt's Case Book Being a Collection of His Most Celebrated Trials as Reported and Compiled. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
  • — (1939) My Day in Court, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
  • — (1943). Yankee lawyer: The Autobiography of Ephraim Tutt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
  • — (1945). Mr. Tutt Finds a Way. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
  • — (1988). Mr. Tutt at his Best: A Collection of his Most Famous Cases. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0766197271. 
  • — (2005). True Stories of Celebrated Crimes from the District Attorney's Office. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0766197271. 
  • Train, A. C. & Wood, R. W. (1915). The Man Who Rocked the Earth. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co.. 
  • — (1916). The Moon Maker. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co.. 

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