James Hall

The Harpe's Head: A Legend of Kentucky

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781017076059
• ISBN-10: 1017076057
• Artikelnr.: 67221255

Autorenporträt

James Hall (1793 – 1868) was an American author, literary critic, and jurist renowned for his early Western stories and keen observations of frontier life. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he moved to the Midwest where he became deeply enamored with the emerging narratives of the American frontier. Hall's seminal work, 'The Harpe's Head: A Legend of Kentucky' (1833), is a keystone of Western literature, intertwining local folklore with the harsh realities of frontier existence. His literary style often melded regional dialect with detailed descriptions of the land and its people, capturing the rugged essence of early American life. While Hall's writings might not carry the fame of his contemporaries, his works remain significant for their authentic reflection of antebellum America and their influence on the Western genre. In addition to his fiction, Hall contributed extensively to the cultural and literary discourse of his time through both his legal career and his editorial work with periodicals such as the 'Illinois Monthly Magazine,' which he founded. Hall's careful chronicles of American expansion and rich character portrayals offer valuable insights into the era's society and have cemented his place in the annals of American literature.