The George Barr McCutcheon MEGAPACK ®. George Barr McCutcheon

      THE GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON MEGAPACK

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      A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

      George Barr McCutcheon is a favorite writer of mine for his Graustark novels—adventures set in an imaginary Eastern European country called Graustark. These are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope’s 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were published, and they helped create a new genre of novels called Ruritanian romance (from Hope’s work) or Graustarkian romance (from McCutcheon’s).

      George Barr McCutcheon (1866–1928) was an American novelist and playwright.

      Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon’s father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon’s childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.

      Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.

      He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon and died in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

      McCutcheon, along with a number of other Indiana writers of the same period, is considered to be part of the Golden Age of Indiana Literature.

      —John Betancourt

      Publisher, Wildside Press LLC

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      GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON BIBLIOGRAPHY

      GRAUSTARK NOVELS

      Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind a Throne (1901)

      Beverly of Graustark (1904)

      Truxton King: A Story of Graustark (1909)

      The Prince of Graustark (1914)

      East of the Setting Sun (1924)

      The Inn of the Hawk and the Raven (1927)

      OTHER NOVELS

      Brewster’s Millions (1902)

      Castle Craneycrow (1902)

      The Sherrods (1903)

      The Day of the Dog (1904)

      The Purple Parasol (1905)

      Nedra (1905)

      Jane Cable (1906)

      Cowardice Court (1906)

      The Flyers (1907)

      The Daughter of Anderson Crow (1907)

      The Husbands of Edith (1908)

      The Man from Brodney’s (1908)

      The Alternative (1909)

      The Butterfly Man (1910)

      The Rose in the Ring (1910)

      Mary Midthorne (1911)

      What’s-His-Name (1911)

      The Hollow of Her Hand (1912)

      A Fool and His Money (1913)

      Black is White (1914)

      Her Weight in Gold (1914)

      Mr. Bingle (1915)

      From the Housetops (1916)

      The Light that Lies (1916)

      Green Fancy (1917)

      Shot with Crimson (1918)

      The City of Masks (1918)

      Sherry (1919)

      West Wind Drift (1920)

      Quill’s Window 1921

      Viola Gwyn (1922)

      Yollop (1922)

      Oliver October (1923)

      Romeo in Moon Village (1925)

      Kindling and Ashes (1926)

      Blades (1928)

      The Merivales (1929)

      PLAYS

      Brood House (1910)

      Mary Midthorne (1911)

      Anderson Crow, Detective (1920)

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