An Imp of Hell; or, How J. B. Corn Hung the Crape on Swissvale
| Title | An Imp of Hell; or, How J. B. Corn Hung the Crape on Swissvale |
| Year of Publication | 1914 |
| Publication Type | Novella |
| Number of Pages or Episodes | 31 p. |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Haven, Benjamin Franklin |
| Publisher | Swissvale Publishing Company |
| City | Swissvale, PA |
| Keywords | American Civil War; Billy Sunday (1862-1935); Jane Swisshelm (1815-84); ministers; Pennsylvania Railroad; Protestants; Temperance Movement |
| Abstract | A melodramatic Temperance tract that uses a fable to warn of the dangers of alcoholism. |
| Author Biography | According to the Federal census, Benjamin Haven (1857-unknown) was born in Pennsylvania and worked as a storeroom clerk for a manufacturing firm in Swissvale, Allegheny County. In a preface to his story of moral reform, he claims he himself was inspired as a boy in Swissvale on a visit by the town's namesake, abolitionist Jane Swisshelm, and more recently by the popular evangelist Billy Sunday while preaching in Pittsburgh. |
| Time | 1860s-1910s |
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