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(1862-1919) Author. Joseph Alexander Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky in 1862 and died in New York, New York, in 1919. He wrote historical fiction for young people.

Full Name

Joseph Alexander Altsheler

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1862

BIRTH

Joseph Alexander Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky, on April 29, 1862.

1896

LITWORK

The Hidden Mine


Novel.

1907

LITWORK

The Young Trailers, A Story Of Early Kentucky


From his Young Trailers Series.

1912

LITWORK

The Texan Star, The Story Of A Great Fight For Liberty
D. Appleton and Company

From his Texan Series.

1914

LITWORK

The Guns of Bull Run, A Story of the Civil War's Eve


From his Civil War Series

1915

LITWORK

The Guns of Europe
Grosset & Dunlap

From his World War I Series.

1918

LITWORK

The Great Sioux Trail, A Story Of Mountain and Plain
Appleton

From his Great West Series.

1919

INTERMENT

Altsheler was interred at the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

1919

DEATH

Joseph Alexander Altsheler died in New York, New York, on June 5, 1919.

1919

LITWORK

The Lords of the Wild, A Story of the Old New York Border
Appleton

From his French and Indian War Series.

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