William Clark Russell was a popular American writer of nautical novels and horror stories.
Born in New York City

New York City

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, he gained his experience of sea life during eight years' service as a sailor. Then he was a journalist on the staff of the Daily Chronicle

Daily Chronicle

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 before he took to writing his many novels, only a few of which are listed here.

As a testament to the popularity of Russell's novels in his day, one can read about him at the beginning of the Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

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 story The Five Orange Pips

The Five Orange Pips

"The Five Orange Pips", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fifth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes....

, where Doctor Watson is shown 'deep in one of Clark Russell's fine sea stories'.

According to modern scholar John Sutherland, The Wreck of the Grosvenor

The Wreck of the Grosvenor

The Wreck of the Grosvenor is a nautical novel by William Clark Russell first published in 3 volumes by Sampson Low. According to John Sutherland, it was "the most popular mid-Victorian melodrama of adventure and heroism at sea." It remained popular and widely read in illustrated editions well...

(1877) was "the most popular mid-Victorian melodrama of adventure and heroism at sea." It remained popular and widely read in illustrated editions well into the first half of the 20th century. It was Russell best selling and most well known novel. Russell noted in a preface, the novel 'found its first and best welcome in the United States.'

William Clark Russell was the son of composer Henry Russell

Henry Russell (musician)

Henry Russell was an English pianist, baritone singer and composer, born into a distinguished Jewish family.-Biography:...

, the brother of impresario Henry Russell

Henry Russell (impresario)

Henry Russell was an English impresario, conductor, opera director, and singing teacher.-Biography:Henry Ronald Russell was born in London. He was the son of Henry Russell, a composer, pianist, and baritone, and his wife Hannah...

, and the half brother of conductor Landon Ronald

Landon Ronald

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. His horror work has similarities to the nautical horror stories of William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his...

.

Works

• As Innocent as a Baby (1874)
• John Holdsworth, Chief Mate (1875)
• Captain Fanny (1876)
• The Wreck of the Grosvenor
  The Wreck of the Grosvenor
  The Wreck of the Grosvenor is a nautical novel by William Clark Russell first published in 3 volumes by Sampson Low. According to John Sutherland, it was "the most popular mid-Victorian melodrama of adventure and heroism at sea." It remained popular and widely read in illustrated editions well...
  
  (1877)
• Auld Lang Syne (1878)
• An Ocean Free-Lance (1882)
• The Sea Queen (1884)
• The Frozen Pirate (1887)
• The Death Ship or The Flying Dutchman (1888)
• A Voyage To The Cape (1889)
• The Romance Of Jenny Harlowe (1889)
• Marooned (1891)
• Master Rockafellar's Voyage (1891)
• List, Ye Landsmen! (1892)
• Strange Elopement (1892)
• The Emigrant Ship (1893)
• The Tragedy Of Ida Noble (1893)
• Romance Of A Transport (1893)
• A Three-Stranded Yarn (1894)
• Little Loo (1894)
• The Convict Ship (1895)
• The Honour of the Flag (1895; short stories)
• The Phantom death (1895; collected horror stories)
• The Good Ship Mohock (1895)
• The Copsford Mystery (1896)
• What Cheer! (1896)
• The Lady Maud (1896)
• A Noble Haul (1897)
• The Two Captains (1897)
• Rose Island(1899)
• Captain Jackman or A Tale Of Two Tunnels (1899)
• A Voyage At Anchor (1899)
• The Romance Of A Midshipman (1900)
• The Cruise Of The Pretty Polly (1900)
• The Captain's Wife (1903)
• Overdue (1903)
• The Yarn Of Old Harbour Town (1905)
• The Tale Of The Ten (1907)
• The Golden Hope
• The Book Of Authors
• Abandoned
• An Ocean Tragedy
• The Danish Sweetheart
• A Marriage At Sea

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Works

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Misc

• The W. Clark Russell home, bio, biblio etc..