Shattuck, William
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1864-1946) US author of The Keeper of the Salamander's Order: A Tale of Strange Adventure in Unknown Climes (1895), a Fantastic Voyage story whose protagonist, accompanied by demons and other creatures, visits strange lands and Islands, encountering at least one Lost Race en route. The author handles much of this material with an unsubtle Satirical brush. [JC]
William Shattuck
born Great Barrington, Massachusetts: 19 September 1864
died Granby, Connecticut: 28 March 1946
works
- The Keeper of the Salamander's Order: A Tale of Strange Adventure in Unknown Climes (Boston, Massachusetts: Roberts Brothers, 1895) [illus/hb/Walter and Elisa Shattuck]
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