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Emmet Lavery

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(1902-1986) Playwright, screenwriter. Emmet Lavery was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was an award-winning screenwriter and playwright.

Carl Lamson Carmer

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Writer, folklorist, novelist. Carmer was born in Cortland, grew up in Albion. He graduated from Hamilton College in New York State in 1914. Taught at the University of Rochester in 1916-17 and 1919-21,He taught English at Syracuse University. Wrote about the Hudson Valley and lived in Irvington-on-Hudson. Works: “The Screaming Ghost And Other Stories,” “The … Continued

Ned Buntline

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(1823-1886) Editor, writer, author of over 400 “dime” novels. Ned Buntline was also known as Edward Zane Carroll Judson. He was born in Stamford, New York. In 1872, he persuaded W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) to act in his play “The Scouts of the Plains,” which started Cody on his stage career.

John Burroughs

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(1837-1921) Naturalist, essayist, and writer. Born in Roxbury, NY. Wrote: “Walt Whitman: Poet and Person” (1867), the first work to give adequate recognition to Whiteman’s genius. Also wrote “Wake Robin” (1871). Burroughs lived and worked for the last 25 years of his life in the Slabsides cabin near West Park in Ulster County, and the … Continued

Katherine Foote

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Historical writer. She wrote “Ebenezer Foote: The Founder” (1927). Was born and lived on 2nd Street, Delhi, NY.

Jay Gould

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Autocratic speculator and businessman, who was also a little known writer. He was born and brought up near Roxbury, N.Y. He wrote “A History of Delaware County” (1856).

Lucy Ann Lobdell

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(1830-1912) Writer, iconic lesbian figure. “Adventures of Lucy Ann Lobdell, Female Hunter” (1855), “Lucy Ann Lobdell: Female Hunter of Delaware County,” hunted in Sullivan County.

Walter Meade

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Journal-keeper, writer, photographer. “In the Catskill Mountains,” was born and lived all his life near Roxbury.