Meredith Nicholson
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- This article is about the author. For the cinematographer, see Meredith Merle Nicholson.
Meredith Nicholson (9 December 1866-December 1947) was a best-selling Indiana author, and later a politician.
He initially worked for Newspapers, first for one year (1884) at the Indianapolis Sentinal, and twelve years (1885-1897) at the Indianapolis News.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. Three of his books were yearly national best sellers:
- The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
- The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
- A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
Nicholson entered Democratic party politics in 1928. He served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis, and eventually became important within the Democratic party. He served as Ambasador to Paraguay (1933-34), Venezuela (1935-1938) and Nicaragua (1938-1941)
[edit] External links
- Works by Meredith Nicholson at Project Gutenberg
- Meredith Nicholson (1866–1947) at Find-A-Grave
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