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Everard Jack Appleton
1872–1931
A lively early-20th-century American writer, he moved easily between humorous fiction, poetry, and journalism. His work ranges from playful magazine stories to patriotic verse, giving a vivid glimpse of popular reading in his era.
1 Audiobook
With the Colors Songs of the American Service
by Everard Jack Appleton
About the author
Born in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1872, Everard Jack Appleton wrote under that pen name while his full name was Everard John Appleton. Evidence from library and archival records shows that he began publishing very young and was already producing printed stories as a teenager.
Appleton later worked as a journalist in Cincinnati and became known for both fiction and verse. Surviving records connect him with humorous and fantastical short stories published in popular magazines, while books such as The Quiet Courage, and Other Songs of the Unafraid and With the Colors show his turn toward poetry and patriotic themes.
He died in Cincinnati in 1931. Today, his name survives mainly through public-domain archives, where readers can still discover his curious magazine tales, period poems, and the energetic style that made him a recognizable literary voice of his time.