Elliott Crayton McCants (September 2, 1865 – October 23, 1953), was an American writer and educator from South Carolina.
McCants was born outside Ninety Six, South Carolina in 1865,(26 March 1904). About Authors, The New York Times and graduated from The Citadel in 1886.Epps, Edwin C. Literary South Carolina, p. 70 (2004)
McCants published his first short story in the New York Evening Post in 1898, and subsequently published many stories in other popular magazines of the day, as well as writing a column for local newspapers. His writings also include the Reconstruction Era novel In the Red Hills (1904),(13 June 1904). News of the Book World, Minneapolis Journal(7 May 1904). A Tale of Carolina (book review), The New York Times One of the Grayjackets and Other Stories (a short story collection) (1908),Library of Southern Literature, Volume 15, p. 272 (1919) Histories, Stories, and Legends of South Carolina (1927), White Oak Farm (1928), and Ninety Six (1930). Much of his writing was set in South Carolina.McCants, Clyde (3 November 1994). Elliott Crayton McCants left a written legacy, The Herald-Independent (Winnsboro, South Carolina) (note that this article is written by McCants' grandson from personal recollections)
He retired from teaching in the late 1940s, having long served as the superintendent of schools for Anderson, South Carolina.(28 October 1953). Elliott Crayton McCants, News and Courier
In 1996, he was inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors., http://scacademyofauthors.org/scaa.inductees.html , Retrieved 29 August 2013
References
External links Inventory of the Elliott Crayton McCants Papers, 1886-1950, Duke University Libraries In the Red Hills (1904) (full scan via Google books) One of the Grayjackets (1908)(full scan via Google books) History, Stories, and Legends of South Carolina (1927) (full scan via HathiTrust) White Oak Farm (1928) (full scan via HathiTrust)