Background
Terhune, Albert Payson was born on December 31, 1872 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Review Edward Payson and Mary Virginia (Hawes) (“Marion Harland”) Terhune.
Terhune, Albert Payson was born on December 31, 1872 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Review Edward Payson and Mary Virginia (Hawes) (“Marion Harland”) Terhune.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1893.
Lorraine Stevens. Traveled on horseback through Syria and Egypt, 1893-1894, investigating leper settlements, living among Bedouins of desert, et cetera On staff New York Evening World, 1894-1916. Park commissioner State of New Jersey since 1925.
Author: Syria from the Saddle, 1896. Columbia Stories, 1897. (with Marion Harland) Doctor Dale—A Story Without a Moral, 1900 (first instance of mother and son co-authors of novel).Libretto of Nero, a comic opera (in collaboration with William C. de Mille), 1904. Caleb Conover, Railroader, 1907. The World’s Great Events, 1908.The Fighter (novel), 1909. The New Mayor (novel), 1910. The Woman (novel), 1912.The New York World’s various series of history articles, 1906-1920. Raegan Stories (Smart Set Magazine), 1913-1914. Dad, 1914
Dollars and Cents, 1915.The Locust Years, 1915. Fortune, 1918
Wonder Women of History, 1918. Lad: A Dog, 1919
Bruce, 1920.The Pest, 1920
Buff: A Collie, 1921. The Man in the Dark, 1921. Black Gold, 1921
Further Adventures of Lad, 1922.His Dog, 1922
Black Cæsar’s Clan, 1923. The Amateur Inn, 1923. Lochinvar Luck, 1923.Wolf, 1924
Treve, 1924. The Tiger’s Claw, 1924. Now That I’m Fifty, 1925.The Runaway Bag, 1925. The Heart of a Dog, 1926. Treasure, 1926
Gray Dawn, 1927.Bumps, 1927
The Luck of the Laird, 1927. Lad of Sunnybank, 1928. Proving Nothing, 1929, To the Best of My Memory (autobiography), 1930.A Dog Named Chips, 1931. The Son of God, 1932. The Way of a Dog, 1934.The Book of Sunnybank, 1935. Unseen (novel), 1936. A Book of Famous Dogs, 1937.Loot! (novel), 1940
also more than 30 motion picture plays. Short stories, verse in mags. Expert on physical culture topics.Breeder of prize-winning collies. Received Medal of Excellence from Columbia University, 1933.
Clubs: Players, Adventurers. Dutch Treat, Century.
Married Anice Morris Stockton.