Lincoln Colcord

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Lincoln Ross Colcord
Born	(1883-08-14)August 14, 1883 Off Cape Horn South Atlantic Ocean
Died	November 16, 1947(1947-11-16) (aged 64) Belfast, Maine
Burial place	Elmwood Cemetery, Searsport, Maine
Nationality	American
Education	University of Maine
Occupation	Author, Journalist
Spouse(s)	Blanche Meade Morgan Colcord, Loomis Logan Colcord, Frances Brooks Colcord
Parents	Captain Lincoln Alden Colcord (father) Jane French Sweetser Colcord (mother)

'''Lincoln Ross Colcord''' (August 14, 1883 – November 16, 1947) was a journalist and author of short fiction. He wrote for a number of American newspapers and magazines during the Wilson presidency.

Early life

Both of Colcord's parents, Jane French (Sweetser) and Captain Lincoln Alden Colcord, came from Maine families with generations-long traditions of life on and around the sea. Lincoln Colcord delivered his son Lincoln aboard the commercial sailing ship, the Charlotte A. Littlefield, during a storm while navigating around Cape Horn. Aside from time spent on shore at Penobscot Bay or in Searsport, Maine, Lincoln and his older sister, Joanna Carver Colcord, spent most of their childhood at sea.

Education and writing career

Jane Colcord tutored her children at sea, and Lincoln's high school education was by correspondence course. Colcord attended the University of Maine, where he also wrote the lyrics to the "Maine Stein Song," later recorded by Rudy Vallee. As a journalist, he wrote for many American magazines including the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the New York Nation, the Washington Post, and others. His short fiction was serialized in various magazines and his books include The Drifting Diamond, An Instrument of the Gods, Under Sail, The Game of Life and Death, as well as his epic poem, Vision of War. He is also noted for bringing to print the English translation of Ole Rølvaag's book Giants In The Earth, and as a contributor to various other works.

Late life

Following his career in journalism, Colcord focused his life on marine history as a founder of the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine, and the journal, The American Neptune.

References

2. "Lincoln Ross Colcord (14 Aug 1883–16 Nov 1947)". Find A Grave. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
3. Mortland, Donald F. (September 1, 1983). "Lincoln Colcord: At Sea and at Home - Colby Library Quarterly, Volume 19, no.3, September 1983, p.125-143". Colby Quarterly. Retrieved September 6, 2018. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
4. Mortland, Donald F. (1985). LINCOLN COLCORD: At Sea and at Home. Searsport, Maine: Penobscot Marine Museum Publications. p. 3.
5. Gidmark, Jill B. (editor) (2001). Encyclopedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0313301483. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
6. Bender, Bert (1988). Sea-Brothers: The Tradition of American Sea Fiction from Moby-Dick to the Present. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-0812213393.
7. Colcord, Doane Blood (1908). Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1639 to 1908. Coudersport, Pennsylvania: Mahlon J. Colcord Publisher. pp. 123–124.
8. Gidmark, Jill B. (editor) (2001). Encyclopedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0313301483. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
9. Bender, Bert (1988). Sea-Brothers: The Tradition of American Sea Fiction from Moby-Dick to the Present. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-0812213393.
10. Gidmark, Jill B. (editor0 (2001). Encyclopedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0313301483. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
11. Bender, Bert (1988). ea-Brothers: The Tradition of American Sea Fiction from Moby-Dick to the Present. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-0812213393.

Further reading

• Albee, Parker Bishop Jr. (1999). Letters from sea, 1882-1901: Joanna and Lincoln Colcord's seafaring childhood. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House Publishers. ISBN 978-0-88448-214-7. OCLC 42080256.
• "Searchable Sea Literature". williams.edu. Williams College.
• "Person Record". http://penobscotmarinemuseum.pastperfectonline.com. Penobscot Marine Museum. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
• "A Shooting in Searsport". penobscotmarinemuseum.org. Penobscot Marine Museum.

External links

• "Penobscot Bay History Online". Penobscot Marine Museum. This searchable collection includes photographs of Lincoln Colcord and his family and images related to their voyages.