Title
Preview
Description
Black and white sketch of Opie Read, including biographical narrative.
Transcription
Novelist of the nineties
Opie read, famous Arkansas novelist of a generation ago, was born 1852 in Nashville, Tenn… Learned the printer's trade and was said to have been a born story-teller… Began newspaper work at Franklin, KY… Lived nomadic life and wandered into Arkansas... Worked on newspapers at Carlisle and Conway... Came to Little Rock 1877 as a reporter on the Gazette..
Opie Read
Married in 1881 and went to the Cleveland Ohio, leader... Returned to Little Rock and began publication of the Arkansas Traverler which reached circulation of sixty thousand... Moved the Traveler to Chicago and devoted himself to literary work... He was the author of many well-known novels including: An Arkansas Planter, Emmett Bonlore, and the Waters of Caney Creek... Opie Read was a striking figure 6 ft. 3 in. tall and weighing 250 pounds.
Physical Description
Document, 11" x 14"
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000379, Image 49
Resource Type
Image
Collection
Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: biographical sketches, MS.000379
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Opie Read, Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: biographical sketches, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
