Frank Richard Stockton
Frank R. Stockton was born in Philadelphia on April 5, 1834, and died at the age of 68 in April of 1902. By the time of his death, Stockton was a widely celebrated and beloved author of short stories and children's literature. In 1903, the year after Stockton's death, Edwin W. Boven published a biography of Stockton's life. Boven remarks on Stockton's world-renowned fame during his life: "Stockton is favorably known and read throughout the country. Nor is his fame confined to our American...
