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CROCKETT, SAMUEL RUTHERFORD (186o– )

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CROCKETT, See also:SAMUEL See also:RUTHERFORD (186o– ) , Scottish novelist, was See also:born at Duchrae, See also:Galloway, on the 24th of See also:September 186o, the son of a Galloway See also:farmer. He was brought up on a Galloway See also:farm, and graduated from See also:Edinburgh University in 1879. After some years of travel he became in 1886 See also:minister of Penicuik, but eventually abandoned the See also:Free See also:Church See also:ministry for novel-See also:writing. The success of Mr J. M. See also:Barrie had created a demand for stories in the Scottish See also:dialect when Mr Crockett published his successful See also:story of The Stickit Minister in 1893. It was followed by a rapidly produced See also:series of popular novels dealing often with the past See also:history of See also:Scotland, or with his native Galloway. Such are The Raiders, 7'he See also:Lilac See also:Sun-See also:bonnet and Mad See also:Sir Uchtred in 1894; The Men of the See also:Moss Hags in 1895; Cleg See also:Kelly and The See also:Grey See also:Man in 1896; The Surprising Adventures of Sir Toady See also:Lion (1897); The Red See also:Axe (1898); See also:Kit See also:Kennedy (1899); See also:Joan of the See also:Sword See also:Hand and Little See also:Anna See also:Mark in 19oo; See also:Flower o' the See also:Corn (1902); Red Cap Tales (1904), &e.

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