Irving Bacheller

Irving Bacheller (1859-1950), publishing executive and popular American author of Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country (1900), he founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States.

Nestled at the edge of the Adirondack Mountains, Irving Bacheller was born Addison Irving on 26 September, 1859, in Pierre Pont, New York state, near the St. Lawrence River. His parents were Sanford Paul Bacheller and Achsah Ann Buckland, farmers in the lush St. Lawrence valley. Although he did not earn his high school diploma due to his working part-time jobs to help support the family whilst attending, he was admitted to St. Lawrence university where he was a member of the literary society, and from which he would later earn two honorary Masters and two Doctoral degrees.