Quote of the day
The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy.
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)






