Read complete books and articles on: John William De Forest
De Forest, John William - də fôrˈəst, fŏrˈ–, 1826–1906, American author, b. Seymour, Conn. He served in the Civil War, chiefly as a captain. His vivid accounts of battle scenes in Louisiana and Sheridan's Shenandoah valley campaign, published in Harper's Monthly, were among the finest contemporaneous war records. Best known as a novelist, he |
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Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty » Read Nowby J. W. De Forest. 472 pgs.
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A Volunteer's Adventures: A Union Captain's Record of the Civil War » Read Nowby John William De Forest, James H. Croushore. 240 pgs.
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Minor American Novelists ("John William De Forest's 'Great American Novel'" begins on p. 10) » Read Nowby Charles Alva Hoyt. 140 pgs.
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Reporting Triumph, Saving a Nation: "Interesting Juxtapositions" in John W. De Forest's Civil War, in Studies in American Fiction » Read Nowby Wade Newhouse. 19 pgs.
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Criticism and Fiction, and Other Essays ("John William De Forest (1826-1906)" begins on p. 206) » Read Nowby W. D. Howells, Clara Marburg Kirk, Rudolf Kirk. 413 pgs.
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The South in American Literature, 1607-1900 ("John William De Forest" begins on p. 393) » Read Nowby Jay B. Hubbell. 990 pgs.
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American Naturalistic and Realistic Novelists: A Biographical Dictionary ("John William De Forest (1826-1906)" begins on p. 97) » Read Nowby E. C. Applegate. 426 pgs.
Collections: Literature, Entire LibraryThis reference includes alphabetically arranged biographical and critical entries for more than 120 American Realistic and Naturalistic novelists, including Henry Adams, Sherwood Anderson, Saul Bellow, Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, and Jack London. Each entry includes basic biographical...
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Fiction Fights the Civil War: An Unfinished Chapter in the Literary History of the American People (Discussion of John William De Forest begins on p. 149) » Read Nowby Robert A. Lively. 232 pgs.
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Howells and the Age of Realism (Discussion of John De Forest begins on p. 77) » Read Nowby Everett Carter. 307 pgs.
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