Hugh Wynne
For the early American colonist of the same name see List of Jamestown colonists Hugh Wynne was a popular American novel by Silas Weir Mitchell, who was also a medical doctor, published in 1897. The story is recounted in autobiographical form from the perspective of an American patriot during the American Revolution who has a strict father. He eventually serves under General George Washington and has various adventures as well as a love interest playing out during the Revolutionary War era.[1] The Bookman reported it to be the secondmost-bestselling book in America for 1898.
Much of the book takes place in Philadelphia.[2] The Bookman gave the book high praise.[2]
The book was first serialized in The Century from November 1896 through October 1897.[3][4]
The full title of the book is Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker, Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on the Staff of His Excellency General Washington.
Richard J. Beamish used the novel as the basis for his libretto to Camille Zeckwer's cantata La Mischianza.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914). Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker. Keller, ed. 1917. The Reader's Digest of Books".
- ^ a b MacArthur, James. A Great American Novel, The Bookman, pp. 139-41 (October 1897)
- ^ Cervetti, Nancy. S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914: Philadelphia's Literary Physician, p. 217 (2012)
- ^ Roberts, Charles G.D. (November 27, 1897). A Fighting Quaker, The Illustrated American
- ^ "The Mischianza, Op.34 (Zeckwer, Camille W.) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org. Retrieved 2023-04-22.