Frederick Ferdinand MooreFrederick Ferdinand Moore was an early twentieth-century American novelist, short-story writer, editor, publisher, soldier, and war correspondent. His debut novel, The Devil's Admiral, was inspired by his vast travels as a sailor, soldier in the US Amy during the Philippine-American War, and then as a correspondent txtering the Russo-Japanese conflict. As a captain in the US Army, he served as an intelligence officer in the American Expeditionary Force, Siberia, and was given the Order of the Rising Sun 5th Class by the Japanese government. He recounted his own experience watching the emergence of the Bolsheviks in Siberia Today, a text that remained an important reference to the region for several decades after its publication. Moore was born on December 24, 1881, in Concord, New Hampshire, as the eldest of four children of James Bell Moore of Stalybridge, England, and Nellie C. Moore of Ireland. The Moores lived mostly in Enfield, New Hampshire. Moore worked as a weaver in a woolen factory when he was younger. To learn while his loom was running, he would attach a book to the frame and read when the weaving did not require his attention. Moore appeared to be enrolled at Boston College, but it is unknown if he actually completed high school. According to The New York Times, Moore "ran away to sea when he was 15, as a seagoing cowpuncher in a cattleboat bound for Liverpool." Read More Read Less