Charles Bertrand Lewis (February 15, 1842 – August 21, 1924), better known by the pen name M. Quad, was an American journalist and humorist.
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| Born | February 15, 1842 Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio |
| Died | August 21, 1924 (aged 82) Brooklyn, New York |
| Pen name | M. Quad |
Lewis was born at Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio, and attended the Michigan State Agricultural College. He was a volunteer soldier in the northern army during the Civil War.
He joined the staff of the Detroit Free Press in 1869, and became known as a writer of sketches under the pen-name of M. Quad. His accounts of the proceedings of a supposed society of colored people, to which he gave the name of Brother Gardner's Lime-Kiln Club, were very popular. His published works include: Sawed-Off Sketches (1884), Field, Fort and Fleet (1885), Under Fire (1886), and The Lime-Kiln Club (1887).[1][2][3]
Charles Bertrand Lewis died at his home in Brooklyn on August 21, 1924.[4]
References edit
- ^ William Harrison De Puy (1896). The University of Literature. J.S. Barcus. pp. 405–408.
- ^ "Lewis, Charles Bertrand". The House of Beadle & Adams and its Dime and Nickel Novels. University of Oklahoma Press. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ Coyle, William, ed. (1962). Ohio Authors and Their Books: Biographical Data and Selective Bibliographies for Ohio Authors, Native and Resident, 1796-1950. World Publishing Company. p. 383.
- ^ "'M Quad,' Humorist, Dies at Brooklyn Home". Detroit Free Press. August 23, 1924. Retrieved March 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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