Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Frederic Franklyn Van de Water
Born: 1890
Died: 1968 (aged 78)
Bio: Frederic Franklyn Van de Water was an American journalist and writer. He was an honorary sergeant in the New York State Troopers. In 1924, he travelled in the West Indies investigated and reported about rum pirates and Chinese smugglers.
Known for:
- The real McCoy (1931)
- Glory-hunter: A Life of General Custer (1934)
- Grey riders (1922)
- Rudyard Kipling's Vermont feud (1937)
- The Reluctant Republic: Vermont, 1724-1791 (1941)