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Gen. Charles King
[1844-1933]
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"I wasn’t long in finding out that keeping a family on retired captain’s pay is a beggar’s business. I had to go to work, so I took to writing." Author Charles King is credited with establishing the 'Western' novel.
— Gen. Charles King
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King was credited with seventy years of active military service, and was the only soldier in American history to serve in five American wars: The Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection and World War I.
Gen. Charles King entry at Wikipedia
Charles King credits [1914-26] at Internet Movie Database
Major Works
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"A Broken Sword: A Tale of The Civil War" [1905]
"A Daughter of The Sioux: A Tale of The Indian Frontier" [1902] was filmed in 1925
"A Garrison Tangle" [1901]
"A Soldier's Trial: An Episode of The Canteen Crusade" [1905]
"A Tame Surrender: A Story of The Chicago Strike" [1896]
"A Trooper Galahad" [1898]
"A War-Time Wooing" [1900]
"A Wounded Name" [1898]
"An Apache Princess: A Tale of The Indian Frontier" [1903]
"An Army Wife" [1896] by Capt. Charles King
"Between The Lines: A Story of The War" [1888] by Capt. Charles King
"Cadet Days: A Story of West Point (Illustrated)" [1908] by Capt. Charles King
"To The Front: A Sequel To Cadet Days" [1908] by Capt. Charles King
"Campaigning With Crook: The War Against The Sioux, 1876" [1880] by Capt. Charles King
"Captured: The Story of Sandy Ray" [1906]
"The Colonel's Daughter: or, Winning His Spurs" [1881]
"Comrade In Arms: A Tale of Two Hemispheres" [1904]
"The Deserter" [1887]
"Dunraven Ranch: A Novel" [1888]
"Foes In Ambush" []
"Fort Frayne" [] was filmed in 1926
"Found In The Philippines: The Story of A Woman's Letters" []
"From School To Battle-field: A Story of The War Days" []
"From The Ranks: A Novel" []
"The Iron Brigade" []
"The General's Double: A Story of The Army of The Potomac" [1898] by Capt. Charles King
"Illustrated Trials of A Staff-Officer" []
"Kitty’s Conquest" []
"Lanier of The Cavalry: or, A Week's Arrest" []
"Laramie: or, The Queen of Bedlam - A Story of The Sioux War of 1876" []
"Marion's Faith" []
"Norman Holt: A Story of The Army of The Cumberland" [] (1901)
"Ray's Daughter: A Story of Manila" []
"Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life On The Frontier" []
"Sunset Pass: or, Running The Gauntlet Through Apache Land" []
"Tonio, Son of the Sierras: A Story of The Apache War" [] was filmed in 1925
"The True Ulysses S. Grant" []
"Trumpeter Fred: A Story of The Plains" []
"Two Soldiers: A Novel" []
"Under Fire" [] was filmed in 1926
"Waring's Peril" []
"Warrior Gap: A Story of The Sioux Outbreak of '68" [] was filmed in 1925
"The Way of The West" []
Other Works
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Movies & TV, Other Media
Charles King credits [1914-26] at Internet Movie Database
King is said to have been an advisor on several of 'Buffalo Bill' Cody's many motion pictures [circa 1897 to 1915] but details are hard to come by.
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"The Secret of The Will" silent short [1914] actor (as Charles W. King) - starring Anna Q. Nilsson /tt0229707/
"The Indian Wars" silent feature [1914] writer + actor /tt0004155/
Co-produced by & starring 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
"Warrior Gap" silent feature [Dec 1925] (story) /tt0177353/
"Tonio, Son of The Sierras" silent feature [Dec 1925] (novel) /tt0016438/
"A Daughter of The Sioux" silent feature [Dec 1925] (novel) /tt0015738/
"Under Fire" silent feature [Jan 1926] (novel) /tt0017496/
"Fort Frayne" silent feature [Jan 1926] (novel) /tt0132978/
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With his many exciting life & career events, General Charles King is ripe for an episode on "A&E Biography" or "History Channel" (2017).
Kindle Editions
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 | "Border Adventures: 11 Novels (Annotated)" for Kindle [2016] by Charles King, Foreword by V.A. Ren includes eleven public domain novels: "A Daughter of The Sioux" [1902]; "A War-Time Wooing" []; "A Wounded Name" []; "An Apache Princess" [1903]; "The Deserter" [1887]; "Foes In Ambush" [1893]; "Lanier of The Cavalry" []; "Laramie" []; "Marion's Faith" []; "Sunset Pass" []; and "Tonio, Son of The Sierras" [1906] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2016] for 99¢ aka "Frontier Adventures" Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [1/2017] for 99¢ |
 | "Charles King: 14 Westerns (Illustrated)" for Kindle [2016]
Kindle Edition from Amity Ebooks [10/2016] for $1.99 includes 14 public domain novels illustrated with 18 paintings of the Wild West: "An Apache Princess" []; "A Daughter of The Sioux" []; "A Wounded Name" []; "The Deserter" []; "Foes In Ambush" []; "From The Ranks" []; "Lanier of The Cavalry" []; "Marion's Faith" []; "Starlight Ranch and Other Stories" []; "Sunset Pass" []; "Tonio, Son of The Sierras" []; "Under Fire" []; "Waring's Peril" []; and "Warrior Gap" [] |
 | "The Collected {Mis-named} Complete Works of Charles King" for Kindle [2017]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2017] for $2.99 includes 21 public domain novels - the same 11 novels as just above, plus ten more: "A Soldier's Trial" []; "A Tame Surrender" []; "Found In The Philippines" []; "From The Ranks" []; "Ray's Daughter" []; "Starlight Ranch" []; "To The Front" []; "Under Fire" []; "Waring's Peril" []; and "Warrior Gap" [] |
Works About Charles King
 | "Charles King: American Army Novelist" bibliography [1963] by C.E. Dornbusch, Foreword by Don Russell from the collection of the National Library of Australia, Canberra Hope Farm Press 8¾x5¾ pb [1963] out of print/used |
"Campaigning With King: Charles King, Chronicler of The Old Army" [Univ Nebraska Press 1991] by Don Russell, with Paul L. Hedren
"The Life and Works of General Charles King, 1844-1933: Martial Spirit" [Edwin Mellen Press, 1998] by John W. Bailey
bio-essay by Nathan Bender via Internet Archive Wayback Machine
http://web.archive.org/web/20060208093547/http://www.bbhc.org:80/charlesKing/KingBiography.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20051125232910/http://www.bbhc.org:80/charlesKing/index.html
http://www.erbzine.com/mag12/1268.html bio-essay on ERB fansite
Standard author search at Amazon returns books all mixed up with 'the other' Charles King, a modern professor of European history
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Family & Friends
Charles King was born in October 1844 in Albany, New York; he died in March 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at age 88.
wife Adelaide Lavender Yorke King [?-1893] - married November 1872, died 1893
four children
stenographer for 40 years Lucille Rhoades [] - married 1932, widowed March 1933
student & friend Edgar Rice Burroughs [1875-1950]
William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody [1846-1917]
L i n k s
Gen. Charles King entry at Wikipedia
Charles King credits [1914-26] at Internet Movie Database
The Charles King Library at University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
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