Alice Of Old Vincennes
''Alice of Old Vincennes'', written by Maurice Thompson in 1900, is a novel set in Vincennes during the American Revolutionary War. Reception The book was a popular best-seller. It was the tenth-highest best selling book in the United States in 1900, and the second best selling book in 1901 (bested only by ''The Crisis''). It was listed as the best-selling book in the United States in six consecutive monthly issues of '' The Bookman'', from January through June 1901 (tied with ''Eben Holden ''Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country'' is a 1900 novel by Irving Bacheller. It was a popular book at the time of its release, among the top 10 bestselling books in the United States in both 1900 and 1901. The book is set in the North Cou ...'' for two of those months). Notes References * External links ''Alice of Old Vincennes'' at Project Gutenberg 1900 American novels Novels by Maurice Thompson Novels set in Indiana Novels set during the American Revolutionary War ...
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Maurice Thompson
James Maurice Thompson (September 9, 1844 – February 15, 1901) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, archer and naturalist. Biography James Maurice Thompson was born in 1844 in the former town of Fairfield, Indiana, located in Union County to a Baptist minister and his wife. Near the end of the decade, the family moved to northern Georgia. He was educated by tutors in the classical languages, literature, French and mathematics; he used his mathematical training to advantage by becoming a civil engineer. During the Civil War, Maurice Thompson and his brother Will Henry Thompson (born 1848) fought as privates in the Confederate Army. After the war, Thompson took up residence in Calhoun, Georgia, where he studied surveying, engineering, and the law. He lived in Calhoun for two years, and began publishing the first of his articles while living there. In 1867 Thompson began a botanical and ornithological survey of Lake Okeechobee in Florida. After finishing this work, Th ...
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