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(1859-1950) Journalist, author. Irving Bacheller was born in Pierrepont, New York, and graduated from Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York, in 1882. In 1883, in Brooklyn, New York, he founded the Bacheller Syndicate, the first newspaper syndicate of its kind, which provided articles to large weekend editions of newspapers. The Bacheller Syndicate also serialized fiction, and it was through it that writers such as Stephen Crane, Joseph Conrad and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first gained exposure to American audiences. Bacheller was also a novelist, and his most popular book was “Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country” (1900).

Full Name

Irving Bacheller

Locations

St. Lawrence

Author's Timeline


1859

BIRTH

Irving Bacheller was born in Pierrepont, New York in 1859.

1882

OTHER

Bacheller graduated from Saint Lawrence University in 1882.

1883

OTHER

He founded the Bacheller Syndicate, the first newspaper syndicate of its kind, which provided articles to large weekend editions of newspapers.

1892

LITWORK

The Master of Silence

1894

LITWORK

Still House of O'Darrow

1894

LITWORK

Still House of O'Darrow

1900

LITWORK

Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country


Novel.

1901

LITWORK

D'ri and I


Novel.

1917

LITWORK

The Light in the Clearing


Novel.

1919

LITWORK

A Man for the Ages


Novel.

1920

LITWORK

The Prodigal Village: a Christmas Tale


Novel.

1930

LITWORK

A Candle in the Wilderness: A Tale of the Beginning of New England


Novel.

1941

LITWORK

The Winds of God: A Tale of the North Country


Novel.

1950

DEATH

Irving Bacheller died in 1950 in White Plains, New York.

1990

LITWORK

Lost in the Fog


Novel.

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