Bio:John De Morgan

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According to The Dime Novel Companion: A Source Book By J RANDOLPH COX and so cited in www.erbzine.com: John de Morgan a.k.a. Frank Sheridan, (1848-1926) English-born journalist and writer, well-read with a background in the classics. After a decade as a notorious political agitator and journalist in Ireland and England, he emigrated to the US and lived on Staten Island in New York for the rest of his life. He continued as agitator, journalist and fiction writer and eventually became a tax-receiver and President of a Thrift Bank. [1] Regular contributor of historical novels (specializing in Colonial and American revolutionary War stories), science fiction and other subjects for serials for Norman L. Munro's Golden Hours from 1888. Published three serials in George Munro's Fireside Companion. Many of his historical novels were issued by Street & Smith in Bound to Win Library, Boys of Liberty Library, Brave & Bold, Might & Main Library, New Medal Library, Paul Jones Weekly, Red Raven Library, and Round the World Library. Also wrote parodies of H. Rider Haggard's She and King Solomon's Mines. Used the pseudonyms Captain Luther Barr, John L. Douglas, Frank Sheridan, and An Old Salt". Further mentioning of the use of pseudonym found in www.authorandbookinfo.com.--Dirk P Broer 00:15, 2 May 2014 (UTC)