Arkell, Will J
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1856-1930) US author of Napoleon Smith (1888) with A T Worden (? -? ), writing together as by A Well-Known New Yorker. Arkell, a wealthy US businessman, had bought Judge magazine in the mid-1880s (and used it as a Republican platform to attack the Democratic administration): the novel – a tame political Satire set in the Near Future – appeared from The Judge Publishing Company. [JC/AR]
William J Arkell
born Canajoharie, New York: 26 March 1856
died Los Angeles, California: 30 December 1930
works
- Napoleon Smith (New York: The Judge Publishing Co, 1888) with A T Worden [hb/]
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