David Skaats Foster

David Skaats Foster (1852-1920) was an American writer and coal and iron merchant.^[1]

He was born in Utica, New York, the son of Thomas Foster and Eliza P. Skaats. His father was also a merchant, "was prominent in railroad building" and was Vice President of the Utica City National Bank. ^[2] In 1874 he married Marry C. Williams. His wife died in 1895. He had two sons, the twins Gerard S. Foster and Bernard D. Foster (b. 1880). ^[3]

His 1914 novel, "The Road to London" was adapted into a film in 1921.^[4]

Bibliography

The Romance of the Unexpected (1887),poems ^[5]
Rebecca the Witch: And Other Tales in Metre (1888), poems^[6]
Casanova the Courier (1892)^[7]
Ellinor Fenton, an Andirondack Story (1893), re-released as "Our Uncle William ; also, Nate Sawyer"
Spanish Castles by the Rhine: A Triptychal Yarn (1897)
Prince Timoteo (1899) ^[8]
Flighty Arethusa (1910)
The Road to London (1914)
The Divided Medal (1914)
The Kidnapped Damozel ; The Oval Diamond ; Alraschid in Petticoates (1915)
The Lady of Castle Queer (1919)^[9]
Mademoiselle of Cambrai (1920)

References

^ "Foster, | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
^ Pierce, Frederick Clifton (1899). Foster genealogy. Chicago: Press o W.B. Conkey company.
^ Bergmann, Frank (1985-05-01). Upstate Literature: Essays in Memory of Thomas F. O'Donnell. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-2331-1.
^ "The Road to London (1921) - IMDb". IMDb.
^ Foster, David Skaats (September 6, 1887). The romance of the unexpected. G. P. Putnam's sons – via Hathi Trust.
^ Foster, David Skaats (1888). "Rebecca the Witch: And Other Tales in Metre".
^ Foster, David Skaats (1892). "Casanova the Courier".
^ Prince Timoteo. F. Tennyson Neely. September 6, 1899 – via Hathi Trust.
^ Foster, David Skaats (1919). "The Lady of Castle Queer".

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