Caleb West, Master Diver is a novel published in 1898 by Francis Hopkinson Smith that was the best selling book in the United States in 1898.[1] It was first serialized in The Atlantic Monthly from October 1897 to March 1898, and was published in book form by Houghton Mifflin in April 1898 with illustrations by Malcolm Fraser and Arthur I. Keller.[2]
 Literary poster c. 1898 | |
| Author | Francis Hopkinson Smith |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Malcolm Fraser and Arthur I. Keller |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
Publication date | April 1898 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 378 pp |
The book is based on Smith's experience in the building of the Race Rock Light near Fishers Island, New York in the 1870s.
Adaptations
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The novel was adapted into a play by Michael Morton.[3]
It was also adapted into a silent film in 1912, and a 1920 silent film called Deep Waters.[4]
References
edit- ^ Alice Payne Hackett. Seventy Years of Best Sellers 1895-1965, p. 94 (1967) (the lists for 1895-1912 in this volume are derived from the lists published in The Bookman (New York))
- ^ (2 April 1898). "Caleb West."; Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith's New Work of Fiction, The New York Times
- ^ Strobridge & Co Lith (Dec 30, 1900). "Jacob Litt's production of Caleb West a dramatization of F. Hopkinson Smith's beautiful story of New England sea-folk by Michael Morton". www.loc.gov. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved Dec 30, 2020.
- ^ "The Daily Star - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
External links
edit- Caleb West (novel) at Project Gutenberg
- Caleb West, Master Diver at Faded Page (Canada)
- Caleb West: Master Driver, full scan of 1898 Houghton & Mifflin edition via archive.org
- Caleb West at the Internet Broadway Database
- Caleb West at IMDb (1912)
- Captain Thomas A. Scott, Master Diver (1908) (Smith's short tribute to the actual master driver on the Race Rock project)
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