John William De Forest (1826–1906)

Auteur van 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 toon meer 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) toon minder

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Geboortedatum: 1826-05-31
Overlijdensdatum: 1906-07-17
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Geboorteplaats: Seymour, Connecticut, USA
Plaats van overlijden: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Woonplaatsen: Humphreysville, Connecticut, USA (now Seymour ∙ birth)
New Haven, Connecticut, USA (death)
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Syria
Opleiding: self-educated
Beroepen: novelist
travel writer
historian
soldier
essayist
Organisaties: US Army (captain ∙ Civil War)
Veteran Reserve Corps
Freedmen's Bureau
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Honorary degree, Amherst College (AM|1859)
Korte biografie: Credited with being the first to use the phrase 'Great American Novel'.

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

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Miss Ravenel's Conversion door 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.… (meer)

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