Emerson Hough

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Emerson Hough (born June 28, 1857 in Newton , Iowa , † April 30, 1923 in Evanston , Illinois ) was an American writer.

Live and act

Hough attended his hometown high school and then began studying philosophy at the University of Iowa . In 1880 he finished his studies with a BA and then switched to law . He was admitted to the bar in 1882.

Hough settled as a lawyer in White Oaks ( New Mexico down) and also wrote regularly for the local newspaper "Golden Era". In New Mexico he did a. a. also the acquaintance of Pat Garrett , whose duel with Billy the Kid he later processed literarily.

Through nature and environmental protection , Hough soon made personal acquaintance with his publisher George Bird Grinnell . The two of them quickly agreed on the urgently needed environmental protection and began to save the last of the bison in Yellowstone National Park in 1893 . Their efforts were successful, because under President Grover Cleveland , the United States Congress passed an important law on this in May 1894. Hough continued to campaign for the establishment of national parks and together with prominent supporters such as Stephen Mather (1867-1930) and George Horace Latimer (1867-1937) they managed to establish the National Park Service in 1916 by federal law .

In Chicago, Hough married Charlotte Chesebro in 1897 and also settled in this city. During the First World War , Hough worked with the rank of captain for the military intelligence service of his homeland. In 1918 he returned to Chicago. There he was instrumental in founding the Izaak Walton League in 1922 .

Emerson Hough spent the last years of his life in Evanston, Illinois. He died there on April 30, 1923 and found his final resting place there.

reception

Hough's literary work consisted almost entirely of Wild West and historical novels . His first literary attempts can be found in his student days and in 1882 he was able to debut successfully with an article in the magazine "Forrest and Stream".

His exciting reports and stories in magazines from Des Moines, Chicago, St. Louis and Wichita quickly made Hough known across the country. In 1889 he was hired by George Bird Grinnell for his magazine "Field and Stream".

In the 1916 presidential election in the United States , he stood up for his friend Theodore Roosevelt ; but he always combined this with his efforts to protect nature and the environment.

Honors

  • In 1926, the Emerson Hough Elementary School in Newton, Iowa was named in his honor
  • The Daughters of the American Revolution run his childhood home as a museum
  • The Emerson Hough Avenue in Lambs Grove - a suburb of Newton - it was named in honor

Works (selection)

Autobiography
  • Getting a wrong start . 1915.
stories
  • Singing Mouse Stories . 1895.
  • Story of the outlaw. The tales of Billy the Kid , Jesse James and others Desperados . 1906.
Novels
  • The sagebrusher . 1919.
  • The covered wagon . 1922.
Non-fiction
Work edition
  • Works . New York 1912/25 (5 vol.)

Film adaptations (selection)

  • James P. Hogan (Director): Escape across the border . 1938 (based on the novel The Texans )
  • James Cruze (Director): The Caravan . 1923 (based on the novel The covered wagon )
  • Edward Sloman (Director): The sagebrusher . 1920 (based on the novel of the same name)

literature

  • Anonymous: Obituary for Emerson Hough. In: The moving picture world of May 12, 1923, p. 116.
  • Carole M. Johnson: Emerson Hough and the American West. A biographical and critical study . Dissertation, University of Texas, Austin 1975.
  • Delbert Wylder: Emerson Hough (Twayne's United States authors series; 397). Twayne, Boston, Mass. 1981, ISBN 0-8057-7328-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Named after Izaak Walton (1593–1683).
  2. ↑ Contents: The land of the singing mouse. - The burden of a song. - The little river. - What the waters said. - Lake Belle-Marie. - The skull and the rose. - The man of the mountain. - At the place of the rocks. - The birth of the hours. - The stone that had no thought. - The tear and the smile. - How the mountains ate up ther plains. - The savage and its heart. - The beast terrible. - The passing of men. - Ther house of truth. - Where the city went. - The belle and the shadows. - Of the greatest sorrow. - The shoes of the princess. - The white moths. - The house of dreams.

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personal data
SURNAME Hough, Emerson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Newton , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1923
Place of death Evanston , Illinois