Stewart Edward White

Stewart Edward White 1873-1946, American author, b. Grand Rapids, Mich., grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1895. The stories collected in The Claim Jumpers (1901) and The Blazed Trail (1902) reflect his own adventures in the Black Hills gold rush and in a Michigan lumber camp, respectively. His ambitious trilogy, The Story of California (1927), consists of three historical novels, Gold (1913), The Gray Dawn (1915), and The Rose Dawn (1920). In addition to books for children he wrote accounts of his own life in Dog Days (1930) and Speaking for Myself (1943).

White, Stewart Edward (1873–1946), Michigan author, long resident in California, whose early experiences among rivermen, miners, and lumberjacks furnished the setting and subjects for his novels of rugged outdoor life, including The Claim Jumpers (1901), The Blazed Trail (1902), and The Rules of the Game (1910). His Story of California (1927) is a trilogy composed of three historical romances: Gold (1913), The Gray Dawn (1915), and The Rose Dawn (1920). Later novels include The Long Rifle (1932), Ranchero (1933), Folded Hills (1934), and Stampede (1942), set in California, and Wild Geese Calling (1940), about pioneer farmers in Alaska. Anchors to Windward (1943) and Speaking for Myself (1943) express his beliefs.