"Which early 20th century American novelist wrote ""The Crisis"", ""Crossing"", ""Coniston"", ""Mr Crewe's Career"" and ""Far Country""?"
Mr. Crewe's Career Mr. Crewe's Career Mr. Crewe's Career is a 1908 best-selling novel by American writer Winston Churchill. The novel tells the story of a railroad lobby's attempts to control the New Hampshire state government using all possible tactics. Churchill's prior novel "Coniston" was also a political novel, and the successor draws from Churchill's own unsuccessful run for Governor of New Hampshire in 1906. Though the book was perhaps not as praised as "Coniston", it was generally well-received and popular. It was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1908. Playwright Marion Fairfax also adapted the novel into a play which
Coniston Railway and houses. "Gondola" continues to run a service during summer months, calling at Coniston Pier, Brantwood and Monk Coniston. Coniston Railway The Coniston Railway was a railway in Cumbria, England, linking Coniston and Broughton-in-Furness, which ran for over 100 years between the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century. It was originally designed for the transport of slate and copper ore from the mines near Coniston to the coast and later developed into a line for tourists to the Lake District. The line opened in 1859 and closed in 1962. The Romans were mining copper ore