John William De Forest (1826–1906)

Autore di Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty

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John William De Forest was a writer. His major novel, Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty (1867), and two works, A Volunteer's Adventures (published posthumously in 1946) and A Union Officer in the Reconstruction (published posthumously in 1948), which originally appeared in the mostra altro Atlantic Monthly and Putnam's magazines, show detailed pictures of the society and manners of the South during and after the Civil War. De Forest was born in Seymour, Connecticut, and his first published work was the History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850 (1851). He lived with his brother in Syria for several years and traveled widely through the Near East and Europe. He married and settled in the South but served with the Connecticut Volunteers in the Civil War. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty (1867) 156 copie

History of the Indians of Connecticut from the earliest known period to 1850 (1851) 29 copie

A Volunteer's Adventures: A Union Captain's Record of the Civil War (1946) 27 copie

A Union officer in the Reconstruction (1948) 17 copie

Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 (1884) — Collaboratore — 9 copie

Witching Times (Masterworks of Literature Series) (1967) 8 copie

Stories by American Authors, Volume 4 (1884) — Collaboratore — 8 copie

Honest John Vane (1875) 6 copie

The Brigade Commander (2010) 5 copie

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Kate Beaumont (1872) 4 copie

Playing the Mischief (1875) 3 copie

European acquaintance 3 copie

The DeForests of Avesnes (and of New Netherland): A Huguenot Thread in American Colonial History, 1494 to the Present… (1992) 2 copie

The Wetherel affair 1 copia

The bloody chasm. A novel 1 copia

History of the Indians of Connecticut (2018) 1 copia

Seacliff; or, The mystery of the Westervelts (1859) 1 copia

History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850, 1851 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1826-05-31
Data di morte: 1906-07-17
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Seymour, Connecticut, USA
Luogo di morte: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Luogo di residenza: Humphreysville, Connecticut, USA (now Seymour ∙ birth)
New Haven, Connecticut, USA (death)
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Syria
Istruzione: self-educated
Attività lavorative: novelist
travel writer
historian
soldier
essayist
Organizzazioni: US Army (captain ∙ Civil War)
Veteran Reserve Corps
Freedmen's Bureau
Premi e riconoscimenti: Honorary degree, Amherst College (AM|1859)
Breve biografia: Credited with being the first to use the phrase 'Great American Novel'.

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Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty di John William De Forest

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GoshenMAHistory | 3 altre recensioni | Apr 4, 2022 |

Miss Ravenel's Conversion di J. W. Deforest

The only "realist" novel about the Civil War written by someone who actually fought in the conflict. Its LONG arc encompasses a lot of boring marriage plot nonsense at the beginning and end, all designed to show us that good and right eventually win out. But it's all too clear that the author, well known as a nonfiction writer, is longing to get us back to the front. And when he's at the battle lines, this book is almost unequaled in 19th century fiction about war. Took me longer than it should to finish. I think he was going for something sprawling and Dickensian but it just doesn't feel tight enough to really be successful as a novel.… (altro)

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sansmerci | 3 altre recensioni | May 18, 2019 |