James D. McCabe
James D. McCabe Jr. (1842-1883) was an American author. Along with his birth name, he also selectively used the pseudonym Eddward Winslow Martin.
Early life
McCabe was born in Richmond, Virginia.[1]
Career
He wrote histories and biographies as well as plays, poetry, and travel guides. His papers and correspondence are collected at Johns Hopkins University and include conmmunications with Robert E. Lee, George E. Pickett, Schuyler Colfax, James A. August, George S. Boutwell, J.R. Jones, T. J. Jones, T. W. Brown, George A. Rosecrans, E. Bliss, Jr., William G. McAdoo, Horatio Seymour, family members, and his publishers.[2]
Later life and legacy
He died in Germantown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.[1] His unfinished work includes biography of temperance leader Francis Murphy and "anecdotal histories" of the Mormons and the United States.[2]
Books
- The life and public services of Horatio Seymour: together with a complete and authentic life of Francis P. Blair, Jr. United States Publishing Company 1868[3]
- Planting the Wilderness; The Pioneer Boys
- The illustrated history of the Centennial exhibition, held in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of American independence The National publishing company 1876
- Life and campaigns of General Robert E. Lee National Publishing Company 1870
- Lights and shadows of New York life; or, The sights and sensations of the great city. A work descriptive of the city of New York in all its various phases National publishing company 1872
- New York by sunlight and gaslight: a work descriptive of the great American metropolis ; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtues and vices; its gorgeous palaces and dark homes of poverty and crime; its public men, politicians, adventurers; its charities, frauds, mysteries, etc. Union Publishing House[3]
- Cross and Crown; Sufferings.and Triumphs of Heroic Men and Women Who Were Persecuted for True Religion of Jesus 1874
- The history of the great riots : being a full and authentic account of the strikes and riots on the various railroads of the United States and in the mining regions 1877[4]
- From the Farm to the Presidential Chair; The Life and Public Services of General James A. Garfield
References
- ^ a b "McCabe, James D., 1842-1883 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org.
- ^ a b McCabe, James D (April 7, 1862). "James D. McCabe papers" – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ a b "James D. McCabe (McCabe, James D., 1842-1883) | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
- ^ "McCabe, James D. 1842-1883 [WorldCat Identities]".
- 1842 births
- 1888 deaths
- Writers from Richmond, Virginia
- Historians from Virginia
- Historians from Pennsylvania
- 19th-century American biographers
- American male biographers
- American male dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- American male poets
- Poets from Pennsylvania
- Poets from Virginia
- 19th-century American poets
- American travel writers
- American military historians
- Deaths in Pennsylvania
- Burials in Pennsylvania