Biography Joseph Sharts
1 biography 1.1 years 1.2 novelist 1.3 attorney 1.4 socialist activist 1.5 later years 1.6 death , legacy biography early years joseph sharts born september 14, 1875 in hamilton, ohio. son of attorney moved family small city of dayton, ohio, when joseph boy. in dayton sharts attended public school, graduating high school there. after graduation sharts enrolled @ harvard college, graduated in 1897. novelist pictorial title page of sharts s 1902 novel, romance of rogue. sharts gained note writer of popular fiction, publishing first book, ezra caine, in 1900. sharts published 6 novels in between 1900 , 1913, these being works of light romantic fiction in protagonists battled obstacles realization of true love en route inevitable happy endings. sharts s literary work lauded critics high competence in execution, although criticized lacking imagination respect plot. attorney a graduate of harvard law school, sharts attorney participated in number of important political cases during late 1910...