Robert H. (Robert Higginson) Fuller

Born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Robert Higginson Fuller lived from 1865 to 1927. Records available online identify him as the son of the painter George Fuller, and list him among American writers whose works are now in the public domain.

Biographical material from historical and library sources says he graduated from Harvard in 1888 and went into newspaper work, including reporting for the Worcester Spy and editorial work in Albany. He is also associated with public-service and political writing, most notably Government by the People, a book on elections, political parties, and how Americans took part in government.

As a novelist, he is best known for The Golden Hope: A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great, a historical adventure first published in 1905. The mix of journalism, politics, and fiction in his career gives his books an interesting double character: part storyteller, part close observer of public life.