Bellamy Partridge
(1877-1960) Writer. Bellamy Partridge was born in Phelps, New York, in 1877.
Type: NY State
Mary Catherwood
(1847-1902) Novelist.
Michel-Guillaume Jean De Crevecoeur
(1735-1813) Author and agriculturalist. Michel-Guillaume Jean De Crevecoeur settled (circa 1769) on a farm in Orange County, where he wrote “Letters from an American Farmer” (1782).
Zane Grey
(1872-1939) Writer of Westerns. During his lifetime, over 13 million copies of his books were sold. He is said to have opened up the west to millions of readers in the early 1900s. Works: “Heritage of The Desert,” “Riders of the Purple Sage” (1912), “The Day of the Beast” (1922), etc. He spent winters in … Continued
Thomas S. Jones Jr.
(1882-1932) Poet. Thomas S. Jones Jr. was born in Boonville, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
James Jones
James Jones (1921-1977) Author, novelist. James Jones was born in Robinson, Illinois, and died in Southampton, New York.
Caroline Kirkland
(1801-1864) Writer. Caroline Kirkland and her husband lived and taught in Geneva, New York, in 1830.
Paul Corey
Clinton Scollard
Writer and poet. “Khamsin,” highly prolific novelist and poet who wrote over 34 titles.
Frances Miriam Whitcher
(c.1811-1852) Writer. Frances Miriam (Berry) Whitcher was born and died in the Town of Whitestown, New York.