Finger was born in Willesden , England , and educated at King 's College London . He had a strong literary and musical formation , and was quite active in the Fabian movement . At age 20 he began to travel extensively , visiting first Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia , where he worked as gold seeker , guide , and cook for the first sheep farming stations , in the period of Selknam genocide . He moved to New York and London , thereafter , and to a number of cities in Texas . He worked as accountant and musicians , eventually settled in Fayetteville , Arkansas , where he consecrated to writing
Selknam
Selk'nam genocide
Charles Finger