author
Francis William Sullivan
b. 1887
An early 20th-century American novelist, he wrote adventure stories of the far North and frontier life, including The Wilderness Trail, later adapted for film. He also published under the pen name Frank Williams.
3 Audiobooks
The Wilderness Trail
by Francis William Sullivan
The Harbor of Doubt
by Francis William Sullivan
The Free Range
by Francis William Sullivan
About the author
Born on February 16, 1887, in Evanston, Illinois, Francis William Sullivan was an American author whose work appeared in the early 1900s. Several sources identify him as also writing under the name Frank Williams.
He is best known for The Wilderness Trail (1913), a novel set around the Hudson Bay region. The book was illustrated by Douglas Duer, and its story later reached the screen in a silent film adaptation. Other works linked with Sullivan include Star of the North and Children of Banishment, showing his interest in remote settings, hardship, and adventure.
Confirmed biographical details about his personal life are fairly limited in the sources available, but reference works and library-style records consistently place his lifespan from February 16, 1887, to March 5, 1963. No suitable verified portrait was found from the page images available during this search.