Francis W. Doughty

Doughty was born in Brooklyn, and wrote Old King Brady dime novel stories for Frank Tousey.

[3] Doughty was convinced that upon the flattened surfaced clay stones he had found, animal and human figures could be seen, including men with Caucasian features.

[3] Doughty rejected the theory of continental glaciation and endorsed the pseudohistorical view of Ignatius Donnelly, that the "drift was suddenly thrown upon the earth either by the contact of our planet with a comet or by some other agency not understood.

"[3] The book was negatively reviewed by geologist William John McGee who commented that it is a "bundle of absurdities worthy of notice only because it is representative of the vain imaginings so prevalent among unscientific collectors.

"[4] He concluded that Doughty had a wild imagination by seeing in "glacial and rolled stones remains of human art, when indeed they are but the result of Earth's elements and chemical action.