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Roe, Edward Payson, 1838-1888We have 19 books for this author.Edward Payson Roe (7 March 1838 - 19 July 1888) was an American novelist born in Moodna, Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals. Among his novels were;
His novels were very popular in their day, especially with middle class readers in England and America, and were translated into several European languages. Their strong moral and religious purpose, and their being written by a clergyman, did much to break down a Puritan prejudice in America against works of fiction. External links
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This biographical information was gathered from the Edward_Payson_Roe page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project. BooksBarriers Burned AwayA Day of Fate Driven Back to Eden The Earth Trembled A Face Illumined From Jest to Earnest He Fell in Love with His Wife His Sombre Rivals The Home Acre A Knight of the Nineteenth Century Miss Lou Nature's Serial Story Opening a Chestnut Burr An Original Belle Success with Small Fruits Taken Alive What Can She Do? Without a Home A Young Girl's Wooing |
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