Opie Percival Read (1852-1939)

Printer, writer and humorist, Opie Read was a popular novelist and short story writer. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, but lived for most of his professional life in Chicago, Illinois. Read attended Neophogen College in Gallatin, Tennessee. Before moving to Illinois, he was the editor of the Statesville Argus (KY), the Bowling Green Pantograph, the Courier-Journal (Louisville), the Evening Post (Little Rock), the Gazette (Little Rock), and the Arkansas Traveler.