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William Lee Popham
William Lee Popham (1885-1953) was an American author, evangelist, Chautauqua speaker, and real estate developer who was important in the growth of Apalachicola, Florida and St. George Island, Florida. Born on a farm in Hardin County, Kentucky, he began writing poems as a child. His parents (Virgil and Clara Popham) moved the family to Louisville in about 1900. William Lee briefly studied at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, but was not ordained. His gifts for speaking and writing were recognized early, and he began speaking on the Chautauqua circuit by age 17.
==Chautauqua speeches and published books==
William Lee Popham began speaking on the Chautauqua circuit in 1902 and began publishing books of advice, sermons, poetry and romance novels in 1905. The Library of Congress lists twenty of his published titles.〔(Library of Congress )〕 During his Chautauqua tours, Popham hit upon the idea of writing travel romance novels, each with the same plot in a different location. He called the series ''Seven Wonders of the World'' romances. These became significant when Popham used them as equity to purchase St. George Island, Florida, in 1916. A typical example of the "Seven Wonders" series is (Mammoth Cave Romance ). The book begins with photographs of Mammoth Cave and then segues into a brief, melodramatic plot in which young Franklin Lenton wins consent to marry the vivacious beauty, Violet Thurmon over initial objections of her father. Excellent examples of Popham's poetry, sermons and advice are found in ("Silver Gems in Seas of Gold." )
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