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Frederick Franklin Schrader

b. 1857

A German-born American journalist, editor, and dramatist, he built a career that moved from newspaper offices into theater and political writing. His work reflects a lively mix of reporting, reform-minded commentary, and stagecraft.

1 Audiobook

"1683-1920" The Fourteen Points and What Became of Them—Foreign Propaganda in the Public Schools—Rewriting the History of the United States—The Espionage Act and How It Worked—"Illegal and Indefensible Blockade" of the Central Powers—1,000,000 Victims of Starvation—Our Debt to France and to Germany—The War Vote in Congress—Truth About the Belgian Atrocities—Our Treaty with Germany and How Observed—The Alien Property Custodianship—Secret Will of Cecil Rhodes—Racial Strains in American Life—Germantown Settlement of 1683 and a Thousand Other Topics

"1683-1920" The Fourteen Points and What Became of Them—Foreign Propaganda in the Public Schools—Rewriting the History of the United States—The Espionage Act and How It Worked—"Illegal and Indefensible Blockade" of the Central Powers—1,000,000 Victims of Starvation—Our Debt to France and to Germany—The War Vote in Congress—Truth About the Belgian Atrocities—Our Treaty with Germany and How Observed—The Alien Property Custodianship—Secret Will of Cecil Rhodes—Racial Strains in American Life—Germantown Settlement of 1683 and a Thousand Other Topics

by Frederick Franklin Schrader

About the author

Born in Hamburg on October 27, 1857, he came to the United States with his family in 1869 and was educated in Davenport, Iowa, and St. Joseph, Missouri, with additional academic training in Hamburg. He became known as a journalist and editor before also making a name for himself as a dramatist.

His career included editorial work at major newspapers and magazines, and reference sources describe him as an energetic public writer with interests that ranged from politics and reform to literature and the stage. He wrote plays including The Man from Texas and The Modern Lady Godiva, and he also worked on musical and dramatic productions.

Schrader’s writing life seems to have bridged several worlds at once: immigrant experience, American journalism, and the commercial theater of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. That blend gives his work a distinctive historical interest today, especially for readers curious about authors who moved easily between public debate and performance.