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Grant Martin Overton

Born

in Patchogue, N.Y., The United States

September 19, 1887

Died

July 04, 1930

Genre

Literary Criticism, Biography, Fiction

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Grant Martin Overton (September 19, 1887 - July 4, 1930), American novelist and literary critic, was born in Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y. He attended Blair Academy and spent two years at Princeton (1904-1906). At eighteen he was a reporter on the New York morning Sun; did newspaper work in Denver and San Francisco, shipped before the mast for a voyage around Cape Horn, and returned to the Sun in 1910 as reporter, editorial writer, and editor of the book review section.

Going to George H. Doran, the publisher, in 1922, Overton wrote When Winter Comes to Main Street, Cargoes for Crusoes, and American Nights Entertainment in three successive years, bio-critical essays on American authors (chiefly on the Doran list) no less useful in public libr Grant Martin Overton (September 19, 1887 - July 4, 1930), American novelist and literary critic, was born in Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y. He attended Blair Academy and spent two years at Princeton (1904-1906). At eighteen he was a reporter on the New York morning Sun; did newspaper work in Denver and San Francisco, shipped before the mast for a voyage around Cape Horn, and returned to the Sun in 1910 as reporter, editorial writer, and editor of the book review section.

Going to George H. Doran, the publisher, in 1922, Overton wrote When Winter Comes to Main Street, Cargoes for Crusoes, and American Nights Entertainment in three successive years, bio-critical essays on American authors (chiefly on the Doran list) no less useful in public libraries for their being glorified publicity. Overton’s novels had a pronounced romantic tinge, as shown by their titles—The Mermaid, and The Thousand and First Night; a fictional account of Walt Whitman’s early years, The Answerer, also took some liberty with history.

He edited a collection of The Word’s One Hundred Best Stories and The World’s 50 Best Short Novels during in his stay with Collier’s as fiction editor (1924-1930). When bad health compelled Overton to live in Santa Fe he acted as consulting editor for the weekly. The Philosophy of Fiction, published two years before his death in New York, at forty-two, was an ambitious (and occasionally rather vague and pretentious) analysis of various novels—Will Cather’s A Lost Lady for one—with discussions of the art of fiction in general, and analysis of an imaginary novel written to illustrate his rules. The book leaned heavily on E. M. Forster’s Aspects of the Novel and Percy Lubbock’s Craft of Fiction, and in its “own slightly American way” was worthy to be set beside them, according to the London Times.

Overton was survived by widow, Clara (Wallace) Overton of Mohawk, N.Y. Looking even younger than his age of forty-two, he was smooth faced, good looking, and always immaculately dressed. ...more

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	The World's 100 Best Short Stories Volumes 1-10 3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories, Vol. 3: Mystery 3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1927	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories, Vol. 9: Ghosts 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1927 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories, Vol. 1: Adventure 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1910 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	النساء اللواتي يصنعن رواياتنا by Grant Martin Overton, حسام الدين خضور (Translator) 3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1977 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories, Vol. 10: Humor 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1927 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories, Vol. 5: Drama 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World's Fifty Best Short Novels (Volume 1) by Grant Martin Overton (Editor-In-Chief), Zane Grey, Richard Harding Davis 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1929 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories, Vol. 7: Women 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1927 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	great modern short stories 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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