The Last of the Boatmen [in The Western Souvenir]
| Year of Publication |
1828
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| Publication Type |
Short Stories
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
324 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
N. |
| Publisher |
N. & G. Guilford
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| City |
Cincinnati
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| Abstract |
The first known literary work about Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823), a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman.
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| Notes |
N. is a pseudonym of Morgan Neville (1873-1839).
The author claimed that Mike Fink was “an old acquaintance, familiarly known to me from my boyhood.”
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| Author Biography |
Morgan Neville (1783-1839), born in Pittsburgh and educated at the Pittsburgh Academy (now the University of Pittsburgh), was an attorney and author. Neville was briefly a part owner of the Pittsburgh Gazette (now the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) and served as sheriff of Allegheny County from 1819 through 1822. He died in Cincinnati. |
| Time |
1790s-1820s
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