The Red Axe

Samuel Rutherford Crockett, commonly known by his pen name S. R. Crockett, was a prominent Scottish novelist during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born on September 24, 1859, in Duchrae, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, he was a part of the literary movement known as the Kailyard school, which presented an idealized version of Scottish rural life. Crockett studied at the University of Edinb...