Joseph Walker McSpadden, an American editor and translator, attended University of Tennessee (UT) beginning in November 1893. He graduated in 1899 and moved to New York. He and two other UT alumni (Marshall Lawrence Havey and John S. Coppers) organized a U.T.N.Y. luncheon group in 1899, which was expanded to become the Tennessee Society of New York in 1905.
McSpadden was a prolific author. He is best known for his Robin Hood (1891) and succeeding tales of Robin Hood. Among his other publications are Opera Synopses (1920), Operas and Musical Comedies (1936), Shakespearian Synopses (1923), The Fables of Aesop, Based on the Texts of L’Estrange and Croxall (1903), Stories from Great Operas (1923), Alps: As Seen by the Poets (1912), California: A Romantic Story for Young People (1926), Boys’ Book of Famous Soldiers (1924), Famous Ghost Stories (1918), Famous Psychic Stories (1920), Famous Sculptors of America (1924), Synopses of Dickens’s Novels (1909), The Book of Holidays (1935), and Storm Center: A Novel about Andy Johnson (1947).
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American editor, translator
| Born | 13 May 1874 |
| Died | 9 February 1960 |
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American editor, translator
| Born | 13 May 1874 |
| Died | 9 February 1960 |
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History, Stories, plots, Operas, Juvenile literature, Biography, Fiction, Folklore, American Ghost stories, Children's fiction, English Ghost stories, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, England, Fiction, historical, general, Generals, Ghost stories, Ghost stories, American, Ghost stories, English, Holidays, Juvenile fiction, Legends, Mammals, Musicals, Outlaws, Stage history, Academic DissertationsPlaces
United States, New Jersey, Sherwood Forest (England), Southern States, Alps, Barnesdale (England), California, England, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montclair, Montclair (N.J.), Montclair United States, New Jersey, Essex, New York (State), Nottingham (England), Ohio, Pennsylvania, TexasPeople
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Benjamin West (1738-1820), Bishop of Hereford (Legendary character), Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911), Elihu Vedder (1836-1923), Friar Tuck (Legendary character), George Inness (1825-1894), George Washington (1732-1799), Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), Henry II King of England (1133-1189), James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), John La Farge (1835-1910), John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), John Singleton Copley (1737-1815), John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), John White Alexander (1856-1915), Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), Little John Nailor (Legendary character), Maid Marian (Legendary character), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Robin Hood (Legendary character)Time
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, To 1625, 1778-1837, 1846-1850, 19th century, Henry II, 1154-1189, The Middle Ages, To 1778, To 1787, To 1846ID Numbers
- OLID: OL32551A
- ISNI: 0000000109740660
- Library of Congress Names: n50007903
- LibriVox: 1625
- Project Gutenberg: 437
- VIAF: 55095114
- Wikidata: Q18910532
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q18910532
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Alternative names
- Joseph Walker McSpadden
- McSpadden Joseph Walker
- Joseph W. McSpadden
- J. Walker 1874-1960 McSpadden
- Mr Joseph Walker McSpadden
- J. Walker J. Walker McSpadden
- J. Walker Mcspadden
- j. walker mcspadden
- J W McSpadden