John William De Forest (1826–1906)

Autor von 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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen

Beinhaltet die Namen: john de forest, J. W. De Forest, John W. De Forest, John W. De Forest, John William De Forest, J[ohn] W[illiam]. De Forest, John William (1826-1906). James H. Croushore (ed.), John William; Edited by James H. Croushore De Fore

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

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

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

A Union officer in the Reconstruction (1948) 17 Exemplare

Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 (1884) — Mitwirkender — 9 Exemplare

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

Stories by American Authors, Volume 4 (1884) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare

Honest John Vane (1875) 6 Exemplare

The Brigade Commander (2010) 5 Exemplare

Overland (1872) 5 Exemplare

Kate Beaumont (1872) 4 Exemplare

Playing the Mischief (1875) 3 Exemplare

European acquaintance 2 Exemplare

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

The Wetherel affair 1 Exemplar

Irene the missionary 1 Exemplar

History of the Indians of Connecticut (2018) 1 Exemplar

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

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

Justine's lovers; a novel 1 Exemplar

Oriental acquaintance 1 Exemplar

A lover's revolt 1 Exemplar

Stories by American Authors III - IV 1 Exemplar

The bloody chasm. A novel 1 Exemplar

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Poets of the Civil War (2005) — Mitwirkender — 94 Exemplare

A Treasury of Civil War Stories (1985) — Mitwirkender — 77 Exemplare

Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Mitwirkender — 55 Exemplare

Civil War Ghosts (2006) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare

Best Loved Short Stories of Nineteenth Century America (2003) — Mitwirkender — 39 Exemplare

Civil War Memories: Nineteen Stories of Battle, Bravery, Love, and Tragedy (2000) — Mitwirkender — 33 Exemplare

Short Story Classics [American], Volume 2 (1905) — Mitwirkender — 29 Exemplare

Harper's New Monthly Magazine: Vol 36, December 1867 thru May 1868 — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare

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Geburtstag: 1826-05-31
Todestag: 1906-07-17
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: Seymour, Connecticut, USA
Sterbeort: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Wohnorte: Humphreysville, Connecticut, USA (now Seymour ∙ birth)
New Haven, Connecticut, USA (death)
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Syria
Ausbildung: self-educated
Berufe: novelist
travel writer
historian
soldier
essayist
Organisationen: US Army (captain ∙ Civil War)
Veteran Reserve Corps
Freedmen's Bureau
Preise und Auszeichnungen: Honorary degree, Amherst College (AM|1859)
Kurzbiographie: Credited with being the first to use the phrase 'Great American Novel'.

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

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GoshenMAHistory | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 4, 2022 |

Miss Ravenel's Conversion von 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.… (mehr)

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