(1813-1887) Preacher, author, orator, editor. Henry Ward Beecher was born into the Presbyterian Beecher family of Connecticut; his sister was Harriet Beecher Stowe. After religious studies, he preached for eight years in Indianapolis, Indiana, and then in 1847 he took charge of the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York. He held this pastorate for 40 … Continued
(1833-1902) Journalist, writer. Born in Seneca Falls, N.Y. In 1861 he became war correspondent for the New York Tribune but was taken prisoner by the Confederate army. He was kept in various prisons for a year and a half, eventually escaped from Salisbury, N.C., and traveled 400 miles through hostile country to reach Union lines. … Continued
Poet, novelist, writer. Born in Fort Hamilton. Her works include “Goods and Chattels,” “Washington Irving,” “Come Slowly Eden” (about Emily Dickinson), “Basket for a Fair” and others.
(1940-1996) Poet, Nobel Prize winner. Joseph Brodsky lived in Brooklyn, New York, and, also, he lived near Columbia University in Manhattan, New York. He was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1991 to 1992.
(1888-1939) Writer. Heywood Broun was born in Brooklyn, New York. He lived on 7th Avenue and 55th Street and then on West 58th Street. He was a member of the Algonquin Round Table.
Born in Middleburgh. He was the publisher and editor of the Middleburgh News for 37 years. He wrote “A Summer at Cozy Nook Farm” in 1921.
(1850-1898) Author. He wrote “Looking Backward: 2000-1887” (1888). He studied literature at Union College in Schenectady, New York for a few months around 1867.
(1918-1999) Poet. William Bronk was born in Fort Edward, New York, in 1918, and died in 1999.
(1859-1950) Journalist, author. Irving Bacheller was born in Pierrepont, New York, and graduated from Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York, in 1882. In 1883, in Brooklyn, New York, he founded the Bacheller Syndicate, the first newspaper syndicate of its kind, which provided articles to large weekend editions of newspapers. The Bacheller Syndicate also serialized … Continued
(1924-1987) Writer. Author. He was born in Harlem, spent an impoverished boyhood there, and at 14 became a preacher in the Fireside Pentecostal Church. His novels included “Go Tell It on the Mountain” (1953), “Another County” (1962), “The Fire Next Time” (1963), “Giovanni’s Room” (1956), and “Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone”, (1968)”. … Continued