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Charles Lincoln Phifer
1860–1931
A Missouri-born writer with a wide range, he moved from poetry and historical writing to political commentary and fiction set against major events of his day. His books often mix storytelling with big public questions, from Kansas history to international politics and the American occupation of the Philippines.
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The Friar's Daughter: A Story of the American Occupation of the Philippines
by Charles Lincoln Phifer
About the author
Born in 1860 and dying in 1931, Charles Lincoln Phifer was an American author whose surviving work shows unusual variety. Library and bibliographic records link him to poetry, novels, political writing, and historical subjects, and Project Gutenberg and other public-domain listings preserve several of his books for modern readers.
Phifer wrote works including Annals of the Earth, Diaz the Dictator, The Friar's Daughter, and The Dramas of Kansas. His writing suggests a strong interest in public life and controversy: some books are imaginative fiction, while others engage directly with politics, reform, or historical memory.
Archival records from the State Historical Society of Missouri add a more personal note. Their description of his papers says they include two unpublished novels, one of them autobiographical, and another centered on the fight over railroad bonds in St. Clair County, Missouri. That glimpse helps place him not just as a prolific author, but as a writer drawing on lived experience as well as headline history.