Eugene Field, Sr.

Eugene Field, Sr.

Field was born in St. Louis, Missouri where today his boyhood home is open to the public as The Eugene Field House and St. Louis Toy Museum. After the death of his mother in 1856, he was raised by a cousin, Mary Field French, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Field's father, attorney Roswell Martin Field, was famous for his representation of Dred Scott, the slave who sued for his freedom. Field filed the complaint in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case (sometimes referred to as "the lawsuit that started the Civil War") on behalf of Scott in the federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, from whence it progressed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Field attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. His father died when Eugene turned 19, and he subsequently dropped out of Williams after eight months. He then went to Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, but dropped out after a year, followed by the University of Missouri inColumbia, Missouri, where his brother Roswell was also attending. He tried acting, studied law with little success, and also wrote for the student newspaper. He then set off for a trip through Europe but returned to the United States six months later, penniless. -From Wikipedia Entry

  • Title: Eugene Field, Sr.
  • Popularity: 0.001
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1850-09-02
  • Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Eugene Field, Sr. Movies

  • 1917
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    The Luck of Roaring Camp

    The Luck of Roaring Camp

    1 1917 HD

    The story takes place in a small struggling mining town located in the foothills of the California mountains at the time of the gold rush. The camp...

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  • 1938
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    Wynken, Blynken & Nod

    Wynken, Blynken & Nod

    6.5 1938 HD

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