Forrest Crissey
{{Short description|American writer}}
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|name = Forrest Crissey
|image = Forrest Crissey (1864–1943).png
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|06|01}}
|birth_place = Stockton, New York
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|11|05|1864|06|01}}
|death_place = Geneva, Illinois
|nationality = American
|occupation = Writer and novelist
|spouse = {{Marriage|Kate Darling Shurtleff|July 14, 1887}}
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Forrest Crissey (June 1, 1864 – November 5, 1943), was a prolific early twentieth-century American writer of books and articles. His most famous work was Tattlings of a Retired Politician, a 1904 book which entails the humorous but fictional letters of William Bradley.[https://books.google.com/books?id=2skoAAAAYAAJ Tattlings of a Retired Politician] at Google Books
Other notable works included The story of foods, 1917; Where Opportunity Knocks Twice, 1914; The Romance of Moving Money (Brink's, Inc.), 1934; Alexander Legge 1866-1933, 1936; stories and articles in The Saturday Evening Post. From 1901 to 1934 he was on their staff while also writing other books, articles, and biographical information of various types.
Personal life
Forrest Crissey was born in Stockton, New York on June 1, 1864.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbpRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA47 |title=Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts |volume=II |editor-first=Benjamin |editor-last=Shurtleff |page=47 |place=Revere, Massachusetts |date=1912 |access-date=2023-07-28 |via=Google Books}} He married Kate Darling Shurtleff on July 14, 1887, and they remained married until his death.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/marengo-beaconrepublican-news-obit-of-f/113793551/ |title=Forrest Crissey Services Monday |newspaper=Marengo Republican-News |page=13 |date=1943-11-11 |access-date=2023-07-28 |via=Newspapers.com}} They had one child together. He was a forebear of the film producer JC Crissey.
Forrest Crissey died in Geneva, Illinois on November 5, 1943.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/belvidere-daily-republican-forrest-criss/129006396/ |title=Forrest Crissey, Noted as Writer, Dies at Geneva |newspaper=Belvidere Daily Republican |page=6 |date=1943-11-06 |access-date=2023-07-28 |via=Newspapers.com}}
References
External links
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- [http://www.harpers.org/subjects/ForrestCrissey Forrest Crissey] at the Harper's Magazine
- [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Forrest+Crissey%22 Forrest Crissey] at the Internet Archive
- [https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv701639?q=01041 Forrest Crissey papers] are archived at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
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