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Philip Verrill Mighels
1869–1911
A Nevada-born novelist and poet, he wrote vivid Western and frontier fiction while also ranging into romance, political writing, and early science fiction. His best-known books include Bruvver Jim’s Baby and The Furnace of Gold.
5 Audiobooks
The Furnace of Gold
by Philip Verrill Mighels
The Crystal Sceptre: A Story of Adventure
by Philip Verrill Mighels
As It Was in the Beginning
by Philip Verrill Mighels
When a witch is young: a historical novel
by Philip Verrill Mighels
Bruvver Jim's Baby
by Philip Verrill Mighels
About the author
Born in Carson City, Nevada, in 1869, Philip Verrill Mighels was an American writer and novelist whose work grew out of the literary tradition sometimes called the Sagebrush School. He published poems, short stories, and novels, and his writing often drew on the landscapes and life of the American West.
He was a notably versatile author. Alongside popular frontier and regional fiction, he also wrote romances, political pieces, and speculative stories, showing a range wider than many readers expect from a writer associated with Western themes.
Mighels died in 1911 at just 42 years old. Even with that short life, he left behind a substantial body of work that reflects both Nevada literary history and the broader popular fiction of his era.