Elliott Smith

Very little biographical information about this Elliott Smith could be confirmed from reliable online sources during this search, so it is best to treat him as a little-documented author rather than assume details from the birth year alone.

What can be confirmed is that he wrote The Land of Lure: A Story of the Columbia River Basin, published in 1920, and that the book presents a historical novel about homesteaders facing the harsh realities of life in the Columbia River Basin. The text also identifies him as the author of The Bells of the Bosque and Hull 97, suggesting a small body of fiction now largely preserved through library and public-domain records.

The opening matter of The Land of Lure gives the clearest glimpse of the man behind the book: he dedicated it to his wife, Marie Smith, and connected the story to firsthand experience of trying, failing, and returning with a deeper understanding of the land. That makes his work feel personal as well as regional, with an emphasis on endurance, ambition, and the costs of chasing a home in the American West.