author
Philip Verrill Mighels
1869–1911
A Nevada-born writer with a gift for both frontier realism and fast-moving popular fiction, he helped shape the Sagebrush School while also writing romances, adventures, and early science fiction. His work ranges from Western-flavored stories to imaginative tales that show how wide his interests were.
5 Audiobooks
The Crystal Sceptre: A Story of Adventure
by Philip Verrill Mighels
As It Was in the Beginning
by Philip Verrill Mighels
The Furnace of Gold
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
Philip Verrill Mighels was an American writer and novelist born in Carson City, Nevada, on April 19, 1869. He came from a family closely tied to Nevada journalism and public life, and that background helped root his writing in the people, speech, and atmosphere of the American West.
He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and worked in journalism in the early 1890s before turning mainly to authorship. His poems, short stories, and novels became associated with the Sagebrush School of American literature, and he is especially remembered for books including Bruvver Jim’s Baby and The Furnace of Gold. He also wrote across genres, including romance, adventure, and science fiction, which makes him a more varied author than many readers expect.
Mighels died on October 12, 1911, at just 42 years old. Even with a relatively short life, he left behind a body of work that connects regional Western writing with the broader world of popular American fiction at the turn of the twentieth century.