About the author

James Hopper (1876–1956) was an American journalist and novelist, born in 1876 and died in 1956. He worked as a journalist while also writing fiction, and his works were mostly drawn from life in California, boxing, and the sea, which formed the main background of his writing. His representative works include Caybigan and The Trimming of Goosie. Two of his works are held in the collection, commonly classified under inspirational growth. Public information is limited regarding his early education, career details, and literary standing, so this introduction can only sketch his identity and the range of his subjects; from what can be confirmed, his writing combines a journalist's powers of observation with fictional narrative, unfolding stories against California local life and scenes of boxing and the sea, with both a sense of reality and readability.

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