Francis Lynde

Francis Lynde (November 12, 1856 – May 16, 1930) was an American writer. Three of his books were adapted to film. He was born in Lewiston, New York, and wrote adventure novels set in the American West in the early 20th century. The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library has a collection of his papers.

His novels were set in the mountains of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Railroading and mining provided settings for his storylines. The main characters were often mining or railroad engineers. His collection of detective stories was titled Scientific Sprague. His story Moonshiner of Fact is set in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Tennessee.

Mary Antoinette Stickle Lynde (née Stickle; 1867–1960) was his wife.

He is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Filmography

 * Across the Burning Trestle (1914)
 * Stranded in the Arcady (1917) pages 940, 941
 * Bucking the Line (1921), based on his 1915 novel The Real Man

Additional sources

 * American Fiction, 1901–1925: A Bibliography By Geoffrey D. Smith, partial bibliography, Page 419
 * Elizabeth Fry Page: Feathers from an Eagles Nest” The Olympian, V2 (V1 and V2 combined), 1903 Page 23–27, Google Books.
 * Personal notes on Francis Lynde and his home on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.