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Day (HOLMAN FRANCIS an American)

HOLMAN FRANCIS, an American writer, born in Vassalboro, Me., in 1865. He graduated from Colby College in 1887, and for many years was engaged in newspaper work in New England. He was a frequent contributor, both of prose and poetry, to magazines, and wrote many novels, including "Rainy Day Railroad War" (1906); "Old King Spruce" (1910); "Blow the Man Down" (1916); "The Rider of the King Log" (1919). He also wrote several plays and published volumes of verse.