[1] He was born in Lewiston, New York, and wrote adventure novels set in the American West in the early 20th century.
[1] The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library has a collection of his papers.
[2] His novels were set in the mountains of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah.
His collection of detective stories was titled Scientific Sprague.
[3] His story Moonshiner of Fact is set in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Tennessee.