West Wind Drift

by George Barr McCutcheon

Overview

The romantic story of the shipwreck of a great modern liner on an uninhabited island, where the passengers built homes, established a government, created laws and enforced them and kept the fires of courage burning through the years that followed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789635250257
Publisher:	Booklassic
Publication date:	06/22/2015
Series:	West Wind Drift
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Pages:	183
File size:	629 KB

About the Author

George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866-1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.