Justus Miles Forman (November 1, 1875 – May 7, 1915) was an American novelist and playwright.
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| Born | November 1, 1875 Le Roy, New York |
| Died | May 7, 1915 (aged 39) |
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Biography
editForman was born on November 1, 1875, in Le Roy, New York.[1] He attended Yale University.
His only play, The Hyphen, appeared in 1915 but did not receive the success Forman expected. The Hyphen was a topical drama about "German-Americans" and "Irish-Americans" whose patriotism and fidelity to the United States is questioned due to events in Europe during World War I. Forman hoped that the drama would do better business in a production in London and decided to book a first-class passage aboard the RMS Lusitania. Days before he was to board the liner, however, he received a mysterious phone call from a man with a thick German accent who warned him not to board the Lusitania. Forman ignored the phone call and embarked on the Lusitania on May 1, 1915.[2] The Lusitania was torpedoed on May 7, 1915, and Forman was among the 1,198 passengers who perished in the sinking.[3] His body was never recovered.
Works
edit- Garden of Lies (1902)
- Jason (1909)
- Bianca's Daughter (1910)
- The Opening Door
- The Unknown Lady
- Journey's End
- Island of Enchantment
- Monsigny: The Soul Of Gold
- Tommy Carteret
- Buchanan’s Wife
- A Modern Ulysses.
- The Quest.
- The Court Of The Angels.
- The Harvest Moon.
- The Six Rubies.
References
edit- ^ "Forman, Justus Miles". The New Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Unicorn Publishers, Inc. 1949. p. 5112.
- ^ "Justus Miles Forman". The Lusitania Resource. August 2, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ "Vanderbilt Lost, Frohman Also, Fear of Friends". Brooklyn Eagle. May 8, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved December 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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Media related to Justus Miles Forman at Wikimedia Commons- Works by Justus Miles Forman at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Justus Miles Forman at the Internet Archive
- Justus Miles Forman at IMDb at the Internet Movie Database
