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2 unusual facts about William Aden French


William Aden French

His novels include: Driftwood of the Current (1942), the story of the disastrous Winona flood of 1895; Oakley of the Ozarks (1942), a tale of young love among the hills and valleys; Wrestling the Wilderness (1943) a drama set in the north woods of Maine; and Strength of the Hills (1944), a drama set around the development of a copper mine in Shannon County.

French began working for the local paper the Current Wave in Eminence, which he acquired in 1937 and continued to edit and publish until 1962.



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