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                            Introduction
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Meredith Nicholson (December 9, 1866 - December 21, 1947) was a
best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a
diplomat.


                             Biography
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Nicholson was born on December 9, 1866, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to
Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely
self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the
'Indianapolis Sentinel.' He moved to the 'Indianapolis News' the
following year, where he remained until 1897.

He wrote 'Short Flights' in 1891, and continued to publish
extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first
quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington,
George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of
literature in Indiana.  Three of his books from that era were national
bestsellers: 'The House of a Thousand Candles' (#4 in 1906), 'The Port
of Missing Men' (#3 in 1907), and 'A Hoosier Chronicle' (#5 in 1912).

In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for
two years as a city councillor in Indianapolis. He rose through the
ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as
envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.

Nicholson was married first to Eugenie Clementine Kountze, daughter of
Herman Kountze, and then to Dorothy Wolfe Lannon, whom he later
divorced.

Nicholson died on December 21, 1947, in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is
buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.


                     Chronological bibliography
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1891: 'Short Flights', The Bowen-Merrill Co.
1900: 'The Hoosiers', The Macmillan Company
1903: 'The Main Chance', The Bobbs-Merrill Company
1904: 'Zelda Dameron', The Bobbs-Merrill Company
1905: 'The House of a Thousand Candles', The Bobbs-Merrill Company
1906: 'Poems' The Bobbs-Merrill Company
1907: 'The Port of Missing Men', The Bobbs-Merrill Company
......... 'Rosalind at Red Gate', The Bobbs-Merrill Company
1908: 'The Little Brown Jug at Kildare', The Bobbs-Merrill Company
1909: 'The Lords of High Decision', Doubleday, Page & Company
1910: 'The Siege of the Seven Suitors', Houghton Mifflin Company
1911:  'Style and the Man', The Bobbs-Merrill Company
1912: 'A Hoosier Chronicle', Houghton Mifflin Company
......... 'The Provincial American and Other Papers', Houghton
Mifflin Company
1913: 'Otherwise Phyllis', Houghton Mifflin Company
1914: 'The Poet', Houghton Mifflin Company
1916: 'The Proof of the Pudding', Houghton Mifflin Company
1917: 'The Madness of May', Charles Scribner's Sons
......... 'A Reversible Santa Claus', Houghton Mifflin Company
1918: 'The Valley of Democracy', Charles Scribner's Sons
1919: 'Lady Larkspur', Charles Scribner's Sons
1920: 'Blacksheep! Blacksheep!', Charles Scribner's Sons
1921: 'The Man in the Street', Charles Scribner's Sons
1922: 'Best Laid Schemes', Charles Scribner's Sons
......... 'Broken Barriers', Charles Scribner's Sons
1923: 'Honor Bright: A Comedy in Three Acts' (with Kenyon Nicholson),
Samuel French
......... 'The Hope of Happiness', Charles Scribner's Sons
1925: 'And They Lived Happily Ever After!', Charles Scribner's Sons
1928: 'The Cavalier of Tennessee', The Bobbs-Merrill Company
1929 'Old Familiar Faces', The Bobbs-Merrill Company


                            Filmography
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*'The Port of Missing Men', directed by Francis Powers (1914, based on
the novel 'The Port of Missing Men')
*'The House of a Thousand Candles', directed by Thomas N. Heffron
(1915, based on the novel 'The House of a Thousand Candles')
*'Langdon's Legacy', directed by Otis Turner (1916)
*'The Lords of High Decision', directed by Jack Harvey (1916, based on
the novel 'The Lords of High Decision')
*', directed by Thomas N. Heffron (1918, based on the short story 'The
Hopper')
*'Haunting Shadows', directed by Henry King (1919, based on the novel
'The House of a Thousand Candles')
*'Broken Barriers', directed by Reginald Barker (1924, based on the
novel 'Broken Barriers')
*'The House of a Thousand Candles', directed by Arthur Lubin (1935,
same title as the novel 'The House of a Thousand Candles', entirely
different cast and story)
*'Jack Marshall Can't Do This', produced by Screen 14 Pictures on
YouTube (2017, based on the novel 'The House of a Thousand Candles')


                              Sources
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*
* Russo, Dorothy Ritter and Sullivan, Thelma Lois.
[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015023471900&view=2up&seq=106&skin=2021
"Meredith Nicholson" (pp. 69-172)] in 'Bibliographical studies of
seven authors of Crawfordsville, Indiana',      Indianapolis : Indiana
Historical Society, 1952.


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