author
Burtis McGie Little
b. 1884
Best known for Francisco the Filipino (1915), this early-20th-century writer introduced young American readers to everyday life in the Philippines through a simple, story-driven lens.
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Francisco the Filipino
by Burtis McGie Little
About the author
Born in 1884, Burtis McGie Little was an American author remembered chiefly for Francisco the Filipino, published in 1915. Library and catalog records consistently identify him as the book's author and list him as born in 1884.
His work appears to have been aimed at younger readers, blending storytelling with cultural and social description. In Francisco the Filipino, he presented Philippine life for an English-speaking audience at a time when educational and children's books often tried to explain other places through narrative.
Available biographical information on Little is quite limited, but memorial records indicate that he was born on January 21, 1884, in Lafayette County, Missouri, and died on October 3, 1950, in the same county. Even with the small surviving record, his name endures through this distinctive book.