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At a time when deaf people were often considered as lacking intellectual acuity because of difficulty in communications, MacGrath had concealed this condition from his employer and others. Harold MacGrath died at his home in Syracuse a few months after publishing this article. Funeral. MacGrath died in 1932.
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- October 30, 1932
- September 4, 1871
- The Goose Girl.
- The Man on the Box.
- The Pagan Madonna by Harold MacGrath, W.H.D. Koerner (Illustrator)
- The Voice in the Fog.
Harold MacGrath adapted the story into a novel, which was then developed into a 1915 American silent film starring Marguerite Clark. In this version, the princess is stolen at birth and raised as a goose-girl, by a courtier who places his own daughter in her stead.
Dec 5, 2006 · American. Occupation. Writer. Author. Summary. Born and died at Syracuse, NY; deafened in childhood. Was at first a reporter and columnist for the Syracuse Herald newspaper, then became an author of short stories for popular magazines. His surname also sometimes appeared with the spelling "McGrath".
The Goose Girl, by Harold MacGrath, is a sweet romance/fairy tale historical fiction set in a German duchy in maybe the 19th century. The plot basically follows a peasant girl and a vintner who are planning to marry, while an American consul, who looks out for the peasant girl when he can, pines after the princess of the duchy, who dreads being married off, and an old man comes to town to ...
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- Harold Macgrath
Harold MacGrath (1871-1932) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Born in Syracuse, New York, he worked on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s, when he published his first novel, Arms and the Woman. His second book, Puppet Crown, spent a year on the best-seller list in 1907; by the end of his career he ...
Date of death. 1932-10-30. Gender. male. Nationality. USA.
