. ▁C ory ell ▁and ▁Russell ▁M . ▁C ory ell ▁both ▁became ▁successful ▁writers . ▁ ▁Early ▁writing ▁career ▁John ▁R . ▁C ory ell ' s ▁fre el ance ▁writing ▁career ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁his ▁marriage . ▁His ▁early ▁works ▁break ▁into ▁two ▁main ▁categories : ▁popular ▁science ▁articles ▁for ▁Scient ific ▁American ; ▁and ▁ju ven ile ▁fiction ▁for ▁St . ▁Nicholas . ▁His ▁first ▁known ▁published ▁work ▁was ▁“ The ▁Great ▁T umble ▁We ed ▁of ▁the ▁Pra i ries ” ▁in ▁the ▁December ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁issue ▁of ▁Scient ific ▁American . ▁Meanwhile , ▁C ory ell ▁moved ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁Brook lyn . ▁ ▁Nick ▁Carter ▁C ory ell ▁was ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁Smith ▁family ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁publish er ▁Street ▁& ▁Smith . ▁His ▁uncle ▁was ▁Francis ▁S . ▁Smith ▁and ▁his ▁cousin ▁was ▁Or mond ▁Smith . ▁Francis ▁S . ▁Smith ▁asked ▁C ory ell ▁whether ▁he ▁could ▁write ▁fiction ▁in ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁d ime ▁novel ist ▁Ned ▁B unt line . ▁C ory ell ▁wel com ed ▁the ▁opportunity ▁because , ▁with ▁his ▁new ▁family , ▁his ▁ju ven ile ▁stories ▁were ▁“ not ▁sufficiently ▁luc r ative .” ▁C ory ell ▁bo asted ▁to ▁Or mond ▁Smith ▁that ▁“ he ▁could ▁write ▁better ▁detect ive ▁y ar ns ▁than ▁any ▁of ▁their ▁established ▁writers . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁a ▁novel , ▁The ▁American ▁Mar quis , ▁or , ▁Det ect ive ▁for ▁Ven ge ance : ▁A