John William De Forest (1826-1906) was an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction. One of his earliest works, The History of the Indians of Connecticut, from the Earliest Known Period to 1850 (1851) shows his interest in history. It is criti...
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John William De Forest (May 31, 1826 â€" July 17, 1906) was an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty.De Forest was born in Seymour, Connecticut, (then...
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More panoramic in scope and more realistic in its details than Crane's Red Badge of Courage , this is one of the first and best novels ever written about the American Civil War Drawing on his own combat experience with the Union forces, John W. De...