Born: 04/14/1874   Harbor Springs , MI
Died: 05/23/1939
Parents: biological father was John Baptiste Couchois / adopted by John B. Wright and Roseine Wright
Address(es):
Interment:
Lakeview Cemetery
Harbor Springs , MI

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Scenic Michigan in Verse - Dedicated to Ransom E. Olds.	Michigan , Poetry	Adult	Ithaca, Mich. : The Gratiot County Herald	1939
	Chicago-jig : Legend of the Indian Paradise / written, illustrated and published in the United States by John C. Wright (Little Crane)	Folklore , Poetry	Adult	Alma, Mich. : printed by Babcock & Babcock	1934
	Chicago-Jig: The Authentic Indian Tradition of the Happy Hunting Ground	Folklore , Poetry	Adult	Alma, Mich. : J.C. Wright	1934
	The Great Myth	Folklore , Michigan	Adult	Lansing, Michigan : The Michigan Education Company	1922
	Northern Breezes	Poetry	Adult	Harbor Springs, Mich. : J.C. Wright	1917
	The Crooked Tree: Indian Legends and a Short History of the Little Traverse Bay Region	Folklore , Michigan	Adult	Harbor Springs, Mich. : Matthew A. Erwin	1917
	Stories of the Crooked Tree - Stories and legends of L'Arbre Croche, an Ottawa Indian mission district in Emmet County, Michigan.	Folklore , Michigan	Children	Harbor Springs, Mich. : The Lakeside press	1915
	Ella : a story of the white slave traffic	Non Fiction	Adult	Harbor Springs, Mich. : Published privately by John C. Wright	1911
	Lays of the lakes - Poems and a play in 3 acts.	Drama , Poetry	Adult	Boston : Gorham Press	1911
	Pe-tah-se-ga and Other Poems	Michigan , Poetry	Adult		1908
	The Ottawan: : a short history of the villages and resorts surrounding Little Traverse Bay, and the Indian legends connected therewith - Short history of the villages and resorts of the Little Traverse Bay area. It contains local Indian legends, and account of the Morman Kingdom on Beaver Island and a short description of Cross Village. "Little Traverse Bay souvenir."	Folklore , Michigan History	Adult	Lansing, Mich. : R. Smith & Co.	1895

What is the aim or goal of your writing: John Couchis Wright drew much of this material from tales from his childhood as told by his French-Indian grandmother.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Commendation, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, for work in behalf of Indians and Conservation	1940
Detroit Times contest winner

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15/XJohn+Couchois+Wright+&SORT=DX

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