Charles Neville Buck (April 15, 1879 - August 10, 1957) was an American writer who had many of his novels staged in theater productions and adapted into films during the
silent film era.[1] He was born in
Woodford County, Kentucky.[1] His father Charles William Buck served U.S. president
Grover Cleveland's administration in Peru[2] and wrote Under the Sun about the
Inca period. His maternal grandfather was dean of the University of Kentucky Medical School.[1]
Buck was born near
Midway, Kentucky and grew up in Kentucky apart from four years living with his father in South America.[3] Buck graduated from the
University of Louisville in 1898.[1]
Many of his works were serialized such as Battle Cry in Munsey's Magazine. The story was set in Kentucky's
Cumberland Mountains.[4] Several of his novels include illustrations by various artists.
His work includes yarns about the mountain men of Kentucky and their traditions.[5]
He worked for a year as a cartoonist and then for about a decade as reporter in Kentucky. He moved to New York City after finding success as a writer. He married and acquired a vacation home in
Orleans in
Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[1]
Buck also published under the
pseudonymHugh Lundsford.[6]
The Runaway (1926) based on his novel The Flight to the Hills
References
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abcdeAlderman, Edwin Anderson; Harris, Joel Chandler; Kent, Charles William (September 29, 1923).
"Library of Southern Literature". Martin & Hoyt Company – via Google Books.