Westcott, Edward Noyes: David Harum. V1. 07-Jul-2013
 

Edward Noyes Westcott (September 27, 1846 – March 31, 1898) was an American banker and writer. Westcott is best known for his book David Harum, a novel set in upstate New York. When he was afflicted with chronic tuberculosis in 1895, he was forced to take an extended leave from work, and during that period he wrote David Harum.
Although the book contains the mandatory love story, the character and philosophy of the title character, small town banker and horse trader David Harum, expressed in the dialect of 19th-century rural central New York is the focus of the book.