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Relationships of Wood, Frank

To explore the relationships between the various bohemian writers and artists who frequented Pfaff's bar, select a person or group, and then select a relationship type. This section of the site is currently under construction; new content is being added on a regular basis.

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collaborators

Daly, John Augustin (1838-1899)

Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VII (1857-1865). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:550-551, 617]

Daly was assisted by Frank Wood (for the play Taming the Butterfly), who wrote a burlesque, called Leah the Forsook that caught Daly's eye and led to their partnership.

Mallen, Edward

Seitz, Don Carlos. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1919. [pages:79, 90, 99, 183, 282, 322-326]

Mallen worked with Wood at Vanity Fair.

Seitz, Don Carlos. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1919. [pages:90]

Mallen and Wood worked together at Vanity Fair

friends

Fawcett, Edgar (1847-1904)

G. J. M. "Bohemianism: The American Authors Who Met in a Cellar." Brooklyn Eagle. 25 May 1884: 9. [pages:9]

A poem by Fawcett remembering his old friends from Pfaff's mentions "dreamy Frank," who may be Frank Wood.

Mallen, Edward

Winter, William. "Sketch of O'Brien." The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien. New York: J. R. Osgood, 1881. xv-xxviii. [pages:xxvii]

Winter mentions that Mullen attended Fitz-James O'Brien's funeral along with Frank Wood and Thomas Bailey Aldrich and states that they all rode in the coach together.

Ward, Artemus (1834-1867)

Hingston, Edward P. The Genial Showman: Being Reminisces of the Life of Artemus Ward. Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, 1881. [pages:140]

The author describes Ward and Wood as "great friends" (140). Wood also served as Ward's agent for his lecture, The Babes in the Wood.

Seitz, Don Carlos. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1919. [pages:234]

In a letter written by Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne), he refers to Frank Wood as his friend.

Seitz, Don Carlos. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1919. [pages:90]

Seitz notes that Wood worked with Ward at Vanity Fair and that he, along with Edward Mallen and Charles Shanly "were used as incidental characters in [Ward's work,] 'Woshy-Boshy'" (90).