(1857-1934) Playwright. He was a special writer and illustrator on St. Louis, Kansas City, and New York newspapers, and became editor and proprietor of the “Kansas City Mirror” in 1899. He soon left the field of journalism and became a playwright. He is the author of the popular dramas “Arizona,” “In Mizzoura,” “The Burglar,” “The … Continued
Poet and novelist. Born in Lyons. Works include “The Brother Clerks” (1857) and “Down the Bayou and Other Poems” (1882).
(1797-1833)(ISABELLA HARDENBURGH) – Anti-slavery and women’s equality activist, speaker. “Ain’t I A Woman,” was born into slavery near Kingston and later became a passionate advocate for equality.
Writer. “The History Of The Russian Revolution,” lived in the Bronx, for a few months, in 1917.
(1853-1922) Poet, playwright. Katrina Trask was born in Brooklyn, New York. She founded Yaddo, the Artists’ Colony located near Saratoga Springs, New York.
Writer. Published under the pseudonyms Patrick Dennis and Virginia Rowans “Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade in Biography,”1955. He lived in an old school house in Smithtown,Bethpage. Auntie Mame made Tanner a millionaire ,he became the first author to have three books on the Times list at once, when he published “Guestward Ho!” and “The Loving … Continued
(1817-1862) Writer, journalist. Henry David Thoreau lived, in 1843 to 1844, in Staten Island, New York, tutoring Ralph Waldo Emerson’s children.
Writer. “Domestic Manners of the Americans” (1832)
Writer. Born in Riga. Wrote “Nothing To Say,” “The Witches of New York,” “The Lady of the Lake” and others.
(1827-1916) Writer, novelist. John Townsend Trowbridge was born in the Town Of Ogden in Monroe County, New York State. He also wrote many works under the pseudonym Paul Creyton.