Caleb West (novel)

Caleb West, Master Diver is a novel published in 1898 by Francis Hopkinson Smith that was the best selling book in the United States in 1898. It was first serialized in The Atlantic Monthly from October 1897 to March 1898, and was published in book form by Houghton Mifflin in April 1898 with illustrations by Malcolm Fraser and Arthur I. Keller.

Caleb West, Master Diver
Literary poster c. 1898
AuthorFrancis Hopkinson Smith
IllustratorMalcolm Fraser and Arthur I. Keller
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Publication date
April 1898
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages378 pp

The book is based on Smith's experience in the building of the Race Rock Light near Fishers Island, New York in the 1870s.

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