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Mayne Reid is a classic literary biography by Elizabeth Reid. Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 - October 22, 1883), was a Scots-Irish American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a... Read Full Overview

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To most of the world, Captain Mayne Reid is known only as a writer of thrilling romances and works on natural history. It will appear in these pages that he was also distinguished as a man of action and a soldier, and the record of his many gallant deeds should still further... Read Full Overview

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Mayne Reid: A Memoir Of His Life (1890) is a biographical work written by Elizabeth Hyde Reid about her husband, the popular 19th-century adventure novelist Mayne Reid. The book chronicles Reid's life from his early years in Ireland to his successful career as a writer in America... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview

Mayne Reid: A Memoir Of His Life is a book written by Elizabeth Hyde Reid in 1890. The book is a biography of Mayne Reid, a popular and prolific author of adventure and western novels in the 19th century. The book provides a detailed account of Reid's life, from his childhood... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview