Charles D. Alexander
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Charles Dewey Alexander (October 27, 1897–1962) was an American
children’s writer of short stories and novels.
He was born in Ponca, Nebraska
. At the age of two, he moved to the Albany, Oregon
area with his parents. He attended Albany schools and began working in the printing trade as a teenager, first in his brother's printing shop, then with the Albany Democrat
newspaper.
Two hundred of Alexander's short stories were published in magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post
, Detective Fiction Weekly, Ace-High Detective Magazine, Blue Book
and Sunset
.
Alexander, also an expert linotype
operator, retired as a full-time worker from the Democrat after 50 years in February 1962. His wife, Margaret Smith, whom he married in 1917, died in 1958.
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children’s writer of short stories and novels.
He was born in Ponca, Nebraska
Ponca, Nebraska
Ponca is a city in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 961 at the 2010 census...
. At the age of two, he moved to the Albany, Oregon
Albany, Oregon
Albany is the eleventh largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, and is the county seat of Linn County. It is located in the Willamette Valley at the confluence of the Calapooia River and the Willamette River in both Linn and Benton counties, just east of Corvallis and south of Salem. It is...
area with his parents. He attended Albany schools and began working in the printing trade as a teenager, first in his brother's printing shop, then with the Albany Democrat
Albany Democrat-Herald
The Albany Democrat-Herald is the daily newspaper of Albany, Oregon, United States. Lee Enterprises owns both the Democrat-Herald and the Corvallis Gazette-Times. The two papers publish a joint Sunday edition, the Mid-Valley Times...
newspaper.
Two hundred of Alexander's short stories were published in magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
, Detective Fiction Weekly, Ace-High Detective Magazine, Blue Book
Blue Book (magazine)
Blue Book was a popular 20th-century American magazine with a lengthy 70-year run under various titles from 1905 to 1975.Launched as The Monthly Story Magazine, it was published under that title from May 1905 to August 1906 with a change to The Monthly Story Blue Book Magazine for issues from...
and Sunset
Sunset (magazine)
Sunset is a lifestyle magazine in the United States. Sunset focuses on homes, cooking, gardening, and travel, with a focus almost exclusively on the Western United States...
.
Alexander, also an expert linotype
Linotype machine
The Linotype typesetting machine is a "line casting" machine used in printing. The name of the machine comes from the fact that it produces an entire line of metal type at once, hence a line-o'-type, a significant improvement over manual typesetting....
operator, retired as a full-time worker from the Democrat after 50 years in February 1962. His wife, Margaret Smith, whom he married in 1917, died in 1958.
Works
- Why I Choose to Live in Oregon, Portland, Oregon: Portland Chamber of Commerce, 192-?
- Across the Chasm, Chicago, Story-Press, 1922
- The Blonde She of YachatsYachats, OregonYachats is a small coastal city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. According to Oregon Geographic Names, the name comes from the Siletz language, and means "dark water at the foot of the mountain". There is a range of differing etymologies, however. William Bright says the name comes from...
: a New Story of Black Buck, the Great Dog Who Went Back to the Wilderness After the Murder of his Master, Chicago: Story-press, 1922 - The Noseless One, Chicago: Story-Press, 1922
- The Place of Hisses, Chicago : Story-Press, 1922
- The Weasel's Kit, Chicago: Story-Press, 1922
- Wolf meets Wolf, Chicago: Story-Press, 1922
- The Young of the Wolf, Chicago: Story-Press, 1922
- The Fang in the Forest. New York: Dodd, Mead and CompanyDodd, Mead and CompanyDodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City. Under several names, the firm operated from 1839 until 1990. Its history properly began in 1870, with the retirement of its founder, Moses Woodruff Dodd. Control passed to his son Frank...
, 1923 - The Splendid Summits, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925
- Bobbie, a Great Collie, New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926