Charles Benedict Driscoll
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Charles Benedict Driscoll (October 19, 1885 – January 15, 1951) was a U.S.
journalist and editor. Driscoll was born south of Wichita, Kansas on a farm that was purchased by his father after emigrating from Ireland by way of New York and Ohio. Driscoll wrote of his life in Kansas in the Kansas Irish trilogy; the first two books published in 1943 (Kansas Irish) and 1946 (Country Jake) and the last East and West of Wichita in manuscript. Kansas Irish is to be republished by Rowfant Press March 1, 2011 in an illustrated paperback edition, introduction by Dr. Matthew Jockers. He began his career as a journalist writing for the Wichita Eagle, and is popularly credited as the originator of the "school page" in newspapers. Driscoll became editor of the Wichita Eagle in 1919 but was forced out of his position in the 1920s by the Ku Klux Klan, active in Kansas politics at the time. Driscoll worked as an editor for the McNaught Syndicate
from 1928 until his death, and continued the popular New York Day by Day column after the death of its creator O. O. McIntyre
in 1938. Dr. Matthew Jockers has written on the importance of Driscoll as a writer on the Irish in the West ["A Window Facing West: Charles Driscoll's Kansas Irish" New Hibernia Review Volume 8, Number 3], helping to revive interest in his writing and life.
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journalist and editor. Driscoll was born south of Wichita, Kansas on a farm that was purchased by his father after emigrating from Ireland by way of New York and Ohio. Driscoll wrote of his life in Kansas in the Kansas Irish trilogy; the first two books published in 1943 (Kansas Irish) and 1946 (Country Jake) and the last East and West of Wichita in manuscript. Kansas Irish is to be republished by Rowfant Press March 1, 2011 in an illustrated paperback edition, introduction by Dr. Matthew Jockers. He began his career as a journalist writing for the Wichita Eagle, and is popularly credited as the originator of the "school page" in newspapers. Driscoll became editor of the Wichita Eagle in 1919 but was forced out of his position in the 1920s by the Ku Klux Klan, active in Kansas politics at the time. Driscoll worked as an editor for the McNaught Syndicate
McNaught Syndicate
The McNaught Syndicate was an American newspaper syndicate founded in 1922. It was established by Virgil Venice McNitt and Charles V. McAdam. Its best known contents were the columns by Will Rogers and O. O. McIntyre, the Dear Abby letters section and comic strips, including Joe Palooka and...
from 1928 until his death, and continued the popular New York Day by Day column after the death of its creator O. O. McIntyre
O. O. McIntyre
Oscar Odd McIntyre was a famed New York newspaper columnist of the 1920s and 1930s who cleverly combined a small town point of view with urban sophistication...
in 1938. Dr. Matthew Jockers has written on the importance of Driscoll as a writer on the Irish in the West ["A Window Facing West: Charles Driscoll's Kansas Irish" New Hibernia Review Volume 8, Number 3], helping to revive interest in his writing and life.