Frederick O'Brien
Frederick O'Brien | |
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Actress Jacqueline Logan, Frederick O'Brien, and director George Melford on the set of the film Ebb Tide (1922) | |
| Born | June 16, 1869 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Died | January 9, 1932 (aged 62) San Francisco, California |
| Spouse |
Gertrude Harriman Frye
(m. 1897) |
| Relatives | William J. O'Brien (father) Rev. Richard A. O'Brien (brother) |
Frederick O'Brien (16 June 1869 – 9 January 1932) was an American author, journalist, hobo, peripatetic world traveler, and public administrator. He wrote three best-selling travel books about French Polynesia between 1919 and 1922: White Shadows in the South Seas, Mystic Isles of the South Seas, and Atolls of the Sun. A movie was made in 1928 of White Shadows in the South Seas.