Freeman, James Midwinter (29 January 1827 - 1900). Also published under pen name Robin Ranger. Wolves and Foxes (1866)

A clergyman and writer of books for boys, James Freeman was born in New York City in 1827. The son of Moses and Lucretia (Midwinter) Freeman, he was a descendant of the first settlers of Newark, N. J. He attended the public schools in New York and taught in them for several years. He also held pastoral charges in New Jersey from 1850 - 1872. He then became assistant editor for the Sunday School and tract publications of the Methodist church. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Wesleyan University in 1866, and nine years later, he was granted a D.D. from Mount Union College in Alliance Ohio (Johnson). His works include Hand-Book of Bible Manners and Customs (1874), The Use of Illustrations in Sunday-School Teaching (1867), A Short History of the English Bible (1879), and Book of Books (1880) (Kirk 629). Additionally, he is believed to have published a series of thirty-five books for children known as Robin Ranger's Library (1800 - 1866) (Johnson). Elsewhere, it is stated that he published children's books under the pseudonym "Robert Ranger" (Adams 138). Freeman died in Morristown, N.J. on 27 February 1900 (Wallace 159).

Adams, Oscar Fay. A Dictionary of American Authors. New York: Houghton, 1904. 138.

Johnson, Rossiter, ed. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Boston: Biographical Society, 1904.

Kirk, John Foster. A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1891. 629.

Wallace, W. Stewart. A Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased Before 1950. Toronto: Ryerson, 1951. 159.

Reference to:

Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. 4th ed. New Haven, Conn. 1911.

The Encyclopedia Americana. Rev. ed. 30 vol. New York: 1973.