Bridges family
From The Atlantic magazine: ‘Old Man Rivers,’ by Thomas Wolfe
Meet my first cousin, twice removed: Robert “Droch” Bridges, who has been the greatest influence on my writing career. Robert Bridges was an editor at Charles Scribner’s Sons in New York City for some 40 years. During his career, he was named editor-in-chief of Scribner’s Magazine, at that time, one of the most important publications…
Read MoreNovel sketch: ‘General Evan Shelby, Jr., Settler, Soldier & Trader’
On October 23, 1720, Evan Shelby, Jr., the son of Evan, Sr., was baptized at Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales. In 1734, Evan Shelby, Sr. and Catherine Morgan Shelby came to the colonies. In 1751, Evan Shelby Sr. died in Frederick County, Maryland. Evan Shelby, Jr., became a fur trader and then joined the British military. He…
Read MoreBiography of Robert ‘Droch’ Bridges, EDITOR AT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S & SONS 1880-1930
THE YEARS OF HEMINGWAY, JOYCE, FITZGERALD, KIPLING, STEVENSON, WOLFE PRESIDENTS: T. ROOSEVELT & W. WILSON BY DAVID P. BRIDGES A Biography Robert Bridges’ father, John Bridges, was born February 17, 1815 in Fife County, Scotland. In 1838, at the age of twenty-three, he immigrated to America from the Port of Kirkcaldy, Scotland. This small seaside…
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