Charles Whitecar Miskelly

Charles Whitecar Miskelly was a carpenter, boat builder, and chicken farmer from Millville, New Jersey, who wrote stories in his spare time on a typewriter held together with fishing wire. His manuscript was rediscovered by his grandson, acclaimed writing teacher George Carlisle, more than 50 years after Philadelphia publisher J. B. Lippincott expressed interest in publishing it. At the time, Miskelly wouldn't agree to the minor changes the publisher wanted to make and the book was lost.

Charles Whitecar Miskelly was a carpenter, boat builder, and chicken farmer from Millville, New Jersey, who wrote stories in his spare time on a typewriter held together with fishing wire. His manuscript was rediscovered by his grandson, acclaimed writing teacher George Carlisle, more than 50 years after Philadelphia publisher J. B. Lippincott expressed interest in publishing it. At the time, Miskelly wouldn't agree to the minor changes the publisher wanted to make and the book was lost. See less