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Stoddard was a member of San Francisco’s Bohemian and journalistic circles, where he was appreciated for his wit. His literary friendships and lasting relationships included Ambrose Bierce, Ina Coolbrith, Bret Harte, Robert Louis Stevenson, W. D. Howells, Henry Adams, Joaquin Miller, Jack London, George Sterling, Bliss Carman, Yone Noguchi, George Cabot Lodge, and Samuel Clemens.
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Charles Warren Stoddard was born at Rochester, New York in 1843. He began his writing career with various letters and poems, which received high praise. While visiting Molokai he became well acquainted with Father Damien, about whom he wrote "The Lepers of Molokai", a work which did much for the priest\'s esteem. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1867, and held a tender devotion for the faith. Charles Stoddard is the author of "Idyls", "A Troubled Heart and How It Was Comforted", "For the Pleasure of His Company", and "St. Anthony, the Wonder Worker of Padua". He died in 1909 at Monterey, California.
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- PublisherBiblioLife
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0559978030
- ISBN 13 9780559978036
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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