Background
Finger, Charles Joseph was born on December 20, 1869 in Willesden, England. Son of Charles H. and Julia (Connolly) Finger.
Finger, Charles Joseph was born on December 20, 1869 in Willesden, England. Son of Charles H. and Julia (Connolly) Finger.
Educated private school. Doctor of Literature, Knox College, 1921. Doctor of Laws, University of Arkansas, 1931.
Came to the United States, 1887. Traveled in South. America and Africa. Served before the mast.
Guide to ornithological expedition in Tierra del Fuego.
On the Klondike gold fields, 1905, also in Mexico. Director Conservatory of Music, San Angelo, Texas, 1903-1906.
General manager group of rys. in Ohio, 1906-1920. Receiver for several railroads.
Editor Reedy’s Mirror, 1919.
Editor and proprietor All’s Well (magazine), since 1920. Author: In Lawless Lands, 1923. Highwaymen, 1923; Bushrangers, 1924.
Tales from Silver Lands, 1924-1925.
Spreading Stain (a romance), 1927. Life of David Livingstone, 1927.
Frontier Ballads, 1927. Tales Worth Telling, 1927.
Romantic Rascals, 1927.
A Manitoba for a’ That, 1929. Courageous Companions, 1929. Adventures Under Sapphire Skies, 1930.
Paul Bunyan Geography, 1931.
Foot Loose in the West, 1931. Magic Tower, 1933; After the Great Companions, 1934.
A Dog at His Heel, 1935. Our Navy—Boys’ History of the United States Navy, 1935.
Guns Thundered at Tripoli, 1937.
Give a Manitoba a Horse, 1937. Bobbie and Jock and the Mailman, 1938. Cape Horn Snorter, 1939.
Golden Tales from Far and Near, 1939.
Fighting for Fur, 1940. Winner of Newbury medal for most distinguished contribution to juvenile literature and Longmans Green & Company prize for best adventure story, 1929.
Managing editor for Bellows-Reeve Company Home: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Author: In Lawless Lands, 1923. Highwaymen, 1923
Bushrangers, 1924. Tales from Silver Lands, 1924-1925.
Spreading Stain (a romance), 1927. Life of David Livingstone, 1927. Frontier Ballads, 1927.
Tales Worth Telling, 1927. Romantic Rascals, 1927. A Man for a’ That, 1929.
Courageous Companions, 1929. Adventures Under Sapphire Skies, 1930. Paul Bunyan Geography, 1931.
Foot Loose in the West, 1931. Magic Tower, 1933
After the Great Companions, 1934. A Dog at His Heel, 1935.
Our Navy—Boys’ History of the United States Navy, 1935. Guns Thundered at Tripoli, 1937. Give a Man a Horse, 1937.
Bobbie and Jock and the Mailman, 1938. Cape Horn Snorter, 1939. Golden Tales from Far and Near, 1939.
Fighting for Fur, 1940. Winner of Newbury medal for most distinguished contribution to juvenile literature and Longmans Green & Company prize for best adventure story, 1929. Managing editor for Bellows-Reeve Company.
Married Nellie B. Ferguson, June 7, 1902. Children: Hubert Philip, Julia Louise, Charles J., Helen Grace, Herbert Eric.
