David Skaats Foster (1852-1920) was an American writer and coal and iron merchant.[1]

He was born in Utica, New York, the son of Thomas Foster and Eliza P. Skaats. His father was also a merchant, "was prominent in railroad building" and was Vice President of the Utica City National Bank. [2] In 1874 he married Marry C. Williams. His wife died in 1895. He had two sons, the twins Gerard S. Foster and Bernard D. Foster (b. 1880). [3]

His 1914 novel, "The Road to London" was adapted into a film in 1921.[4]

Bibliography

• The Romance of the Unexpected (1887),poems [5]
• Rebecca the Witch: And Other Tales in Metre (1888), poems[6]
• Casanova the Courier (1892)[7]
• Ellinor Fenton, an Andirondack Story (1893), re-released as "Our Uncle William ; also, Nate Sawyer"
• Spanish Castles by the Rhine: A Triptychal Yarn (1897)
• Prince Timoteo (1899) [8]
• Flighty Arethusa (1910)
• The Road to London (1914)
• The Divided Medal (1914)
• The Kidnapped Damozel ; The Oval Diamond ; Alraschid in Petticoates (1915)
• The Lady of Castle Queer (1919)[9]
• Mademoiselle of Cambrai (1920)

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