his youth. He was an early adopter of the typewriter. His novel Vida (1908) first serialised in The People's Friend in 1907, features what is arguably the first car chase in fiction. In his youth, he was a mountaineer and had an interest in astronomy. Crockett died in Tarascon, France on 16 April 1914 and was buried at Balmaghie Kirk on April 24 that year. A memorial to him was erected in Laurieston by public subscription in 1932. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) was a benefactor. Most of Crockett's work is now back in print. In 2014 Ayton Publishing Limited published the 32 volume Galloway Collection, in time for the centenary of his death. Legacy and influence A monument to Crockett can be seen at Laurieston, near Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire. It was designed by architect Thomas Peach Weir Young and unveiled in 1932. Crockett's 1901 novel Cinderella was filmed in 1922 as A Lowland Cinderella and was directed by Sidney Morgan and starred Joan Morgan. The Lilac Sunbonnet was adapted for the screen in 1923 and was directed by Sidney Morgan and starred Joan Morgan, Warwick Ward and Pauline Peters. In 2014 The Galloway Raiders was set up as a literary society and online presence to explore his life and work and restore his credibility as one of Scotland's great writers. The Galloway Raiders also holds two archives of Crockett material; that of his biographer Dr Islay Donaldson, 'The Donaldson Archive'; and Crockett scholar Richard D. Jackson, 'The Jackson archive'. Some papers are held by Edinburgh University. Their website information is inaccurate in many respects including both birth and death dates. A biography was published in 1989 by Dr Islay Donaldson: The Life and Works of Samuel Rutherford Crockett and republished in 2016. J. R. R. Tolkien credits him as an influence on his wolf-fight scenes: "the episode of the 'wargs' (I believe) is in part derived from a scene in S. R. Crockett's The Black Douglas, probably his best romance and anyway one that deeply impressed me in school-days". Published works The current most comprehensive list of Crockett's published work in book form amounts to 66 and is derived from Donaldson and The Complete Crockett. Details of original UK and US publishers are given where known. A substantial number of works have been republished since the 100th anniversary of his death and are available as print or digital