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John Kendrick Bangs

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Writer, editor. “Tiddledywink Tales,” was born in Yonkers and spent much of his life there.He went to Columbia University from 1880 to 1883 where he became editor of Columbia’s literary magazine . After graduation in 1883, Bangs entered Columbia Law School.

Bronson Howard

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(1842-1903) Playwright. Bronson Howard was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey. He worked as a journalist in New York for the Evening Mail, the Tribune, and the Evening Post. He had a home in New Rochelle, New York.

Frederic Remington

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(1861-1909) Artist, illustrator, sculptor, writer. “Pony Tracks.” Remington was born in Canton, NY. He spent his adolescence drawing sketches of horses, soldiers, cowboys, Indians and other boyhood fantasies. After a failed courtship with Eva Caten, a young woman he was too impoverished to marry, Remington went West to seek his fortune. He found employment as … Continued

Theodore Dreiser

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(1871-1945) Novelist, writer. “An American Tragedy” (1925). Dreiser came to New York City in 1895. Dreiser lived at 160 Bleecker Street, 165 W. 10th Street, 16 St. Luke’s Place, 118 W. 11th Street, 116 W. 11th Street, and at Patchin Place, all in Greenwich Village, New York, New York; he also lived on W. 15th … Continued

Washington Irving

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(1783-1859) Author, essayist, travel writer. Irving was born at 131 William Street in New York City and later lived at 428-434 Lafayette Avenue. One of the legends of American literature, Irving bought a manor in Tarrytown in 1835, called Sunnyside. Irving maintained the residence for over 20 years, living there between 1835-1842 and then again … Continued

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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(1892-1950) Poet, playwright. One of the most popular poets of her era, Edna St. Vincent Millay was admired as much for the bohemian freedom of her youthful life style as for her verse. During the early 1920s she lived in Greenwich Village (some of her New York addresses include 75 ½ Bedford Street, Greenwich Village … Continued

Arthur C Parker

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Born to a Seneca father and white mother in Cattaraugus , his Seneca grandfather (Nicholas Parker was brother to Ely S. Parker) was his inspiration. As an anthropologist, researcher and well known writer Parker published a number of books (about Red Jacket and Ely S. Parker), including: “The Code of Handsome Lake,” “The Seneca Prophet.” … Continued