Francis J. Finn

Before 1865, most American Catholic Literature was either translated from French, German, or Flemish books, or reprints from English and Irish works.[5] At St. Mary's College Finn learned how to teach and discipline boys. If they promised to behave, he promised to tell them a story. He began with Oliver Twist. One afternoon while supervising a class busy writing a composition, Mr. Finn thought of how they represented to him the typical American Catholic boy. With nothing else to do, …