Chester Bailey Fernald

Chester Bailey Fernald (March 18, 1869 – April 10, 1938) also known as C. B. Fernald, was an American writer and playwright.

Career

He ventured into the realm of literature and penned several works. His short stories were published in, inter alia and Harper's Magazine.

In August 1918, his play The Cat and the Cherub, about a street in San Francisco Chinatown in 1905, was played at the Forest Theater in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, a production of the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club.

Death

Fernald died in Dover Harbour, South East England, believed drowned, after being knocked overboard by the boom of his boat, the auxiliary cutter Florence. His son, J. B. Fernald, had thrown out a rope to him, but to no avail. They had just returned from a voyage to France.

Works Books Chinatown Stories The Cat and the Cherub and other Stories The White Umbrella Plays The Ghetto The Love Thief The Mask and the Face The Princess in the Cage The Moonlight Blossom played by Mrs Patrick Campbell The Cat and the Cherub 98.9