Word: vandemark
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Herbert Quick, 64, editor, author; in Columbia, Mo., of a heart attack. From 1909-16, he edited Farm and Fireside; during the War, he served on the Federal Farm Loan Bureau, was Chairman of the Far Eastern division of the Red Cross. His best-known novel is Vandemark's Folly...
...writer. He fought the boodlers of Sioux City, was three times nominated for its Mayor and once elected. In 1920 he was Chairman of the Commission in Charge of Affairs in the Far East of the American Red Cross. He now lives in West Virginia. Until the appearance of Vandemark's Folly (widely praised as a fine American historical novel) in 1921, he was chiefly known in the literary field as the author of such thrillers as Virginia of the Air Lanes and Alladin...
...Herbert Quick's new book, "Vandemark's Folly", deals with the settling of the great stretches of farm land just beyond the Mississippi, which were opened up to the world when the Erie Canal was put in operation. In an easy narrative style that is at the same time picturesque and readable, he tells the story of a small boy, born in a village in Central New York, near the great canal, who is drawn into the rush westward. The early chapters on the life along the canal, the story of the young man's journey, and the description...
...Quick's main character, "Cow" Vandemark, is delightful, however; slow-thinking, accurate, plodding soul that he is. His early experiences on the canal, his naive behaviour in difficult circumstances, his conscientions adherence to his blundering theories make him a figure that contrasts pleasantly with the average man-in-the-novel of today. How the heroine, above-mentioned, who would have been much more at home in a Fitzgerald "flapper" story, could have had any use for him is beyond comprehension. Mr. Quick's casual characterization is also attractive. He gives his impressions after the manner of some of our better...
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