John William de Forest - Writing

Writing

De Forest wrote essays, a few poems, and about fifty short stories, numerous military sketches, and book reviews, most of which were anonymous. In 1873, he contributed to The Atlantic Monthly a short serial story entitled "The Lauson Tragedy."

His published books include:

  • The History of the Indians of Connecticut, from the Earliest known Period to 1850 (Hartford, 1851)
  • Oriental Acquaintance, a sketch of travels in Asia Minor (New York, 1856)
  • Witching Times (1856)
  • European Acquaintance (1858)
  • Seacliff, a novel (Boston, 1859)
  • Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty (New York, 1867)
  • Overland (New York, 1871)
  • Kate Beaumont (Boston, 1872)
  • The Wetherell Affair (New York, 1873)
  • Honest John Vane (New Haven, 1875)
  • Justine Vane (New York, 1875)
  • Playing the Mischief (1875)
  • Irene Vane (1877)
  • Irene, the Missionary (Boston, 1879)
  • The Oddest of Courtships, or the Bloody Chasm (New York, 1881)
  • A Lover's Revolt (1898) (set in the American Revolution)
  • The De Forests of Avesnes (and of New Netherland) a Huguenot thread in American colonial history (New Haven, 1900)
  • The Downing legends; stories in rhyme (New Haven, 1901)
  • Poems; Medley and Palestina (New Haven, 1902)
  • A Union Officer in the Reconstruction (1948)

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