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Francis Hopkinson Smith
1838–1915
Best known for lively, old-fashioned storytelling, this Baltimore-born writer also led a remarkably full life as an engineer and painter. His career ranged from major public works to bestselling fiction, giving his books an unusual mix of craft, travel, and color.
29 Audiobooks
Tom Grogan
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Felix O'Day
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Little Gray Lady 1909
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Tides of Barnegat
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
A List To Starboard 1909
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Fortunes of Oliver Horn
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Abijah's Bubble
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Veiled Lady, and Other Men and Women
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Kennedy Square
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Forty Minutes Late 1909
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
A Gentleman's Gentleman 1909
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Under Dog
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Some Artists at the Fair
by Francis Davis Millet, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Gibson, Will H. (Will Hicok) Low, John Ames Mitchell, Francis Hopkinson Smith
Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Wood Fire in No. 3
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Colonel Carter of Cartersville
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Homo 1909
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Other Fellow
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Fiddles 1909
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Enoch Crane
by Francis Hopkinson Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley) Smith
Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Gondola days
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Man In The High-Water Boots
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Caleb West, Master Diver
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
At Close Range
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Arm-Chair at the Inn
by Francis Hopkinson Smith
About the author
Born in Baltimore on October 23, 1838, Francis Hopkinson Smith built a rare three-part career as an engineer, artist, and author. Reliable reference sources agree that he worked as an engineer in New York and is especially remembered for helping construct the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, while also developing a national reputation for his paintings and travel writing.
As a writer, he became widely known for warm, character-driven fiction and sketches, including Col. Carter of Cartersville, one of his most popular books. His work often drew on American regional life and on the places he visited abroad, which helped give his books an easy, conversational charm.
Smith died in New York City on April 7, 1915. Part of his lasting appeal is the breadth of his life: he was not only a successful novelist, but also a practicing engineer and accomplished visual artist, and that unusually varied experience shows up clearly in the texture and confidence of his writing.