Arthur Cheney Train

Arthur Train, Arthur Cheney Train actually, ( born September 6, 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts, † December 22, 1945 ) was an American lawyer and writer.

Life

Train was a son of the politician Charles Russell Train and his wife Sara Mary Cheney. He studied, among others Law at Harvard University and was able to complete this study successfully in 1896 with a Bachelor. He moved to Harvard Law School and reached there three years later the Bachelor of Laws.

In 1897 Train was married in his hometown of Ethel Kissam and had with her four children. With effect from January 1 1901 Train was appointed to Assistant District Attorney of the State of New York. During this time he made ​​his first literary efforts; In 1904 he made ​​his debut successful with his story "The Maximilian Diamond". Until 1908 he was employed by the Public Prosecutor of the State of New York and wrote the way detective stories or crime stories also; the latter were similar in pulp magazines and journals such as Leslie 's Monthly published.

In 1908, he joined as a lawyer for an insurance company, where he worked until 1915. Between 1915 and 1922 he ran a law firm together with Charles Albert Perkins. Then he lay down all tasks and activities, and devoted himself to writing only.

His wife died in 1923 and five years later married Helen Coster Gerard Train and had with her ​​a son, John ( b. 1928 ).

Arthur Train died 13 weeks after his 70th birthday on December 22, 1945; just one day later, a highly regarded obituary was in the New York Times.

Works (selection)

• Ambition. Kessinger Books, New York 2005, ISBN 1-417-93405-0 ( Nachdr d ed New York 1928).
• The man, who rocked the earth. Arno Press, New Yoirk 1975, ISBN 0-405-06315-6 ( Nachdr d ed New York 1915).
• Paper profit. A novel of Wall Street. Liveright Books, New York 11930th
• Tutt cycle

• Everyday life in America ( "The story of everyday life "). Publisher Rohrer, Innsbruck 1952.
• My Day in Court Scribner 's, New York 1939 ( autobiography)
• Puritan's progress. An informal account of Certain Puritans and their descendants from the American Revolution to the present time, Their manners and customs, Their development of American social and economic life falling on the load 150 years. Scribner 's, New York, 1931.
• The strange attacks on Herbert Hoover. A current example of what we do to our presidents. Day Publ, New York, 1932.