2 Quotes & Sayings By Clarence H Hinclcs
Clarence H. Hinrichs was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1878. He graduated from high school at age fifteen, and his first job was as a "drawer boy" at the St
Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper. At age nineteen he joined the St. Louis Times as a reporter and later became editor of the paper's special editions, where he met his future wife, Jessie (Yvonne) Hinrichs.
He also wrote for other publications, including New York World, Hearst's International American, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Redbook. Hinrichs wrote fiction under the name Clarence Hinkle. His first novel was published in 1912 by Harper & Brothers of New York City; it was entitled The Passing of Fort Sumter (1912). Another work of fiction appeared under Hinrichs' name in 1915; it was titled The Boy With the Willies Fly-Back Hat (1915). Another work of fiction appeared under Hinrichs' name in 1917; it was titled Jimmie Grew Up (1917). His book A Girls' Schooling (1918) is described as "a unique story for its time." "The Girl Who Married a Sailor" (1917) is described as "a sweet story of love that blossomed into tragedy." Hinrichs also wrote two books that were not published until after his death: Ralston - A Romance of Wall Street (1933), which tells the story of the stock market crash of 1929; and The Man Who Was Napoleon (1939), which tells how General Ulysses S. Grant survived to write his own memoirs after his ordeal by fire during the Mexican War. Hinrichs died at age seventy-five on November 4, 1949, in St.
Louis, Missouri. He is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis County, Missouri.