History of Kittery Point, (York County) Maine United States of America

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Willis Boyd Allen Biographical Sketch

Willis Boyd Allen, author, was born at Kittery Point, Me., July 9, 1855, son of Stillman B. and Harriet (Seaward) Allen, and grandson of Horace Allen. He was graduated at Harvard in 1878, and at Boston university law school in 1881. He engaged in practice in Boston, Mass., in 1881. He made a reputation as a writer of children's stories. He is the author of: "Pine-Cone Stories" (6 vols., 1885-'91); "The Red Mountain of Alaska" (1886); "In The Morning," verse (1890); "A Son of Liberty" (1896); "The Great Island" (1897); "Around the Yule Log" (1898); "Navy Blue" (1898); "Cleared for Action" (1899); "The Head of Pasht," and about twenty others.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor