The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

Born in Stony Point Kentucky to John William Fox Sr. and Minerva Worth Carr Fox studied English at Harvard University. He graduated in 1883 before becoming a reporter in New York City. After working for both New York Times and the New York Sun he published a successful serialization of his first novel A Mountain Europa in Century magazine in 1892. Two moderately successful short story collections followed as well as his first conventional novel The Kentuckians in 1898. Fox gained a following as a war correspondent working for Harpers Weekly in Cuba during the Spanish–American War of 1898 where he served with the Rough Riders. Six years later he traveled to Asia to report on the Russo-Japanese War for Scribners magazine.