Arthur Cheney Train (6 September 1875 - 22 December 1945) was an American lawyer and legal thriller writer, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr Ephraim Tutt. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person The legal thriller is a sub-genre of Crime fiction in which the major characters are Lawyers and their employees A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds Court.
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Life
Train was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was politician and lawyer Charles Russell Train and his mother, Sara Maria Cheney. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person Train graduated BA from Harvard University in 1896 and LLB from Harvard Law School in 1899. Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an Academic degree or the associated ceremony Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [1]
In 1897, Train married Ethel Kissam and they had four children. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Ethel died in 1923 and Train married Helen Coster Gerard with whom he had one child. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
In January 1901, Train became assistant in the office of the New York District Attorney and in 1904 he started his literary career with the publication of the short story "The Maximilian Diamond" in Leslie's Monthly. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A district attorney (DA is in some US jurisdictions the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such He spent the next decade running the two careers in parallel. [1]
From 1915 to 1922, Train was in private practice as a lawyer with Charles Albert Perkins while continuing to write, not just novels but advertising copy, vaudeville sketch comedy, poetry and journalism. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Copywriting is the use of words to promote a Person, Business, Opinion, or Idea. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people In 1919, he created the popular character of Mr. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ephraim Tutt, a wiley old lawyer who supported the common man and always had a trick up his sleeve to right the law's injustices. [1] He also coauthored two science fiction novels with eminent physicist Robert W. Wood. A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning Robert Williams Wood ( May 2, 1868 – August 11, 1955) was an American Physicist. [2] After 1922, Train devoted himself to writing,[1]
References
Bibliography
By Train
- Train, A. C. (1905). McAllister and his Double. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- — [1908] (2006). True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office. Echo Library. ISBN 1406810711.
- — (1912). Courts, Criminals and the Camorra. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- — [1919] (2005). Tutt and Mr. Tutt. Alan Rodgers Books. ISBN 1598186647.
- — (1923a). His Children's Children. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- — (1923b). Tut, Tut! Mr. Tutt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- — (1926). Page Mr. Tutt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- — [1928] (2005). Ambition. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1417934050.
- — (1930). The Adventures of Ephraim Tutt, Attorney and Counsellor-at-law. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- — (1937). Mr Tutt's Case Book Being a Collection of His Most Celebrated Trials as Reported and Compiled. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- — (1939) My Day in Court, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
- — (1943). Yankee lawyer: The Autobiography of Ephraim Tutt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- — (1945). Mr. Tutt Finds a Way. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- — (1988). Mr. Tutt at his Best: A Collection of his Most Famous Cases. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0766197271.
- — (2005). True Stories of Celebrated Crimes from the District Attorney's Office. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0766197271.
- Train, A. C. & Wood, R. W. (1915). The Man Who Rocked the Earth. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co. .
- — (1916). The Moon Maker. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co. .
Obituary
- New York Times, 23 December 1945
About Train
- Schmid, D. (1999) "Train, Arthur", American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 21: 799-800, ISBN 0-19-520635-5
- Train, A. The American National Biography is a 24 volume set containing approximately 17400 entries and 20 million words C. (1939) My Day in Court, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
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