The Emigrant; Or, Reflections While Descending the Ohio
, by Thomas, Frederick W.- ISBN: 9781409986799 | 1409986799
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/31/2009
Frederick William Thomas (1806-1866) was an American writer and poet. He maintained a correspondence with Edgar Allan Poe and became his closest confidante. His works include: The Emigrant; or, Reflections While Descending the Ohio (1832) a book of poetry about the Ohio River region, Clinton Bradshaw; or, The Adventures of a Lawyer (1835) famous for its courtroom scene, East and West (1836) set in western Pennsylvania, Howard Pinkney (1840) a detective story, The Beechen Tree: A Tale Told in Rhyme (1844), Sketches of Character and Tales Founded on Fact (1849) and An Autobiography of William Russell (1852).