Single Hand, the Comanche Attila

Charles Dunning Clark was born in Oswego, New York on January 8, 1843. He was educated in the Oswego public and high schools, and the Oswego State Normal. He taught in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. He quit teaching in 1879 to become a reporter. He worked at the Oswego Daily Times and the Evening Herald. He wrote most of his historical novels under the pen name William J. Hamilton, but also used Barry DeForest and Captain Clark. He was a member of the Oswego Daily Times editorial staff until his death on January 8, 1892.

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