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John William De Forest

(De Forest, John William, 1826-1906)

John William De Forest (May 31, 1826 – July 17, 1906) was an American soldier and writer of literary realism, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty. He also coined the term for the Great American Novel, one which would embody the country in one text. (From Wikipedia)

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Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888

Books by John William De Forest:

De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: The De Forests of Avesnes (and of New Netherland): A Huguenot Thread in American Colonial History, 1494 to the Present Time (New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co., 1900)
- page images at HathiTrust
- multiple formats at archive.org
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: The Downing Legends: Stories in Rhyme (HTML at Michigan)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: History of the Indians of Connecticut From the Earliest Known Period to 1850 (Hartford: W. J. Hamersley, 1853), illust. by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1867) (page images and uncorrected OCR text at Indiana)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906, contrib.: Not Pretty, But Precious; and Other Short Stories (1872), also contrib. by John Hay, Clara F. Guernsey, Margaret Hosmer, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, Margret Field, Chauncey Hickox, J. R. Hadermann, and R. D. Minor (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Poems: Medley and Palestina (HTML at Michigan)

Additional books by John William De Forest in the extended shelves:

De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: The bloody chasm. A novel. (D. Appleton and Company, 1881), also by Richard Hooker Wilmer (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: The Brigade Commander (Gutenberg ebook)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: The De Forests of Avesnes (and of New Netherland) : a Huguenot thread in American colonial history, 1494 to the present time, with three heraldic illustrations (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: The Downing legends; stories in rhyme-- (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company, 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: European acquaintance: being sketches of people in Europe. (Harper & Brothers, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: History of the Indians of Connecticut from the earliest known period to 1850 (W. J. Hamersley, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: History of the Indians of Connecticut from the earliest known period to 1850 (W. J. Hamersley, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Honest John Vane. A story. (Richmond & Patten, 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Irene the missionary. (Roberts Brothers, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Kate Beaumont. (Bald Eagle Press, 1963) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Kate Beaumont (J. R. Osgood and company, 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: A lover's revolt (Longmans, Green, and co., 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty. (Harper & Brothers, 1867), also by Richard Hooker Wilmer (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty (Gutenberg ebook)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Oriental acquaintance; or, Letters from Syria. (Dix, Edwards, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Overland : a novel (Sheldon, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Overland. : A novel (Sheldon and company, 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Overland: A Novel (Gutenberg ebook)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Playing the mischief : a novel (Harper & Brothers, 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Poems; Medley and Palestina (The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1902) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Poems; Medley and Palestina (The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor co., 1966) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Seacliff; or, The mystery of the Westervelts. (Phillips, Sampson, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Seacliff, or, The mystery of the Westervelts (Phillips, Sampson and company, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Stories ([New York, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: Stories by American Authors (Volume 4), also by Constance Fenimore Woolson, H. C. Bunner, Mary Hallock Foote, and Nathaniel Parker Willis (Gutenberg ebook)
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906: The Wetherel affair. (Sheldon and company, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)

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