Caleb West (novel)

Caleb West, Master Diver is a novel published in 1898 by Francis Hopkinson Smith that was the best selling book in the United States in 1898.[1] It was first serialized in The Atlantic Monthly from October 1897 to March 1898, and was published in book form by Houghton Mifflin in April 1898 with illustrations by Malcolm Fraser and Arthur I. Keller.[2]

Caleb West, Master Diver
Literary poster c. 1898
AuthorFrancis Hopkinson Smith
IllustratorMalcolm Fraser and Arthur I. Keller
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Publication date
April 1898
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages378 pp

The book is based on Smith's experience in the building of the Race Rock Light near Fishers Island, New York in the 1870s.

Adaptations
Poster for the play Caleb West (1900), adapted by Michael Morton

The novel was adapted into a play by Michael Morton.[3]

It was also adapted into a silent film in 1912, and a 1920 silent film called Deep Waters.[4]

References
  1. Alice Payne Hackett. Seventy Years of Best Sellers 1895-1965, p. 94 (1967) (the lists for 1895-1912 in this volume are derived from the lists published in The Bookman (New York))
  2. (2 April 1898). "Caleb West."; Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith's New Work of Fiction, The New York Times
  3. Strobridge & Co Lith (Dec 30, 1900). "Jacob Litt's production of Caleb West a dramatization of F. Hopkinson Smith's beautiful story of New England sea-folk by Michael Morton". www.loc.gov. Archived from the original on Dec 13, 2012. Retrieved Dec 30, 2020.
  4. "The Daily Star - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.


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