Frederick Palmer (journalist)

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Frederick Palmer (Jan 29, 1873 - Sep 2, 1958) was an American writer and war correspondent. He was born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania and was the subject of the biography Fifty Years at the Front: The Life of War Correspondent Frederick Palmer by Nathan A. Haverstock.

[edit] Works

• Lucy Of The Stars (1906) -- novel.
• The Big Fellow (1910) -- novel.
• Danbury Rodd, Aviator (1910) -- novel.
• The Vagabond (1910) -- novel.
• Over the Pass (1912) -- a Western novel.
• The Last Shot (1914) -- a novel about a fictional major European war, from the point of view of a small set of soldiers and civilians. Written before the start of WW1.
• My Year of the War (1916) -- Palmer's account of his experiences as a journalist, starting the day WW1 was declared.
• My Second Year of the War(1917) -- Palmer's account of his second year as a WW1 Journalist.
• With My Own Eyes(1933) -- autobiography.

[edit] References

The Columbia Encyclopedia Entry New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors

[edit] External links

• Works by Frederick Palmer at Project Gutenberg