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    Hamlin Garland
    A member of the third house; Boy life on the prairie; Cavanagh, forest ranger...
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    Ring Lardner
    The Big Town; Ring around the bases; How to write short stories...
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    Frank Norris
    McTeague; A man's woman; Octopus...
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John M. Wing

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Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: John M. Wing was a journalist who lived and worked in Chicago after the Civil War.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

John M. Wing on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=john+m.+wing

Selected Titles

The Chicago diaries of John M. Wing, 1865-1866 /
ISBN: 0809324830 OCLC: 49028744

Southern Illinois University Press ; Carbondale : ©2002.

 

 

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