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Leroy was born on May 11, 1875 in Fairmount, Indiana, United States, the son of Eli J. and Eleanor (Reader) Scott.
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Leroy was born on May 11, 1875 in Fairmount, Indiana, United States, the son of Eli J. and Eleanor (Reader) Scott.
Leroy Scott was graduated from Indiana University in 1897.
Scott worked for a few months on a Louisiana newspaper owned by his brother and then went to Chicago, where he was a reporter for the Chicago Journal. In 1900 and 1901 he was assistant editor of the Woman's Home Companion. He had developed an interest in settlement work as a result of living at Hull House in Chicago, and in 1902 he became assistant headworker of the University Settlement, New York City.
When in 1904 he gave up settlement work to devote himself to writing, he did not give up his interest in social reform. His first novel, The Walking Delegate (1905), showed not merely his confidence in organized labor but also his hope for far-reaching social reorganization. His next works - To Him That Hath (1907) Counsel for the Defense (1912). The Shears of Destiny (1910) was concerned with the Russian revolutionary movement.
From 1904 to 1912 he wrote frequently for the magazines on such topics as unemployment, life insurance, and strike-breaking. After his return from Russia he contributed several articles to the Outlook and to Everybody's on conditions in that country, and especially on the activities of the revolutionaries.
When the muck-raking movement declined, he took advantage of another form of popular fiction. His work Partners of the Night (1916) gained, that encouraged him to write a series of stories about the activities of criminals and policemen.
His last novel was The Trail of Glory (1926). He was drowned at Chateaugay Lake, New York.
Leroy Scott was one of the founders and an executive of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. He frankly and successfully competed with writers; his work is on a higher level than theirs only because of the sincerity and firmness of his social purpose. His famous works: The walking delegate (1905), To him that hath (1907), Partners of the night (1916), Counsel for the defense (1912) and others.
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Scott was interested in organizing the Women's Trade Union League, an active worker for child-labor laws.
At his best Leroy Scott was a skillful storyteller, but he commonly employed romantic and improbable plots, showed no great insight into character, and had no stylistic distinction.
Leroy married Miriam Finn on June 24, 1904; they had two daughters and a son.
