Thursday, August 27, 2015

"Theodore Dreiser b. 1871 -- Author of An American Tragedy"

Picture Credit:  Barnes & Noble
-- August 27, 1871 --


is born in Terre Haute, Indianna.

"Dreiser based the book on a notorious criminal case. On July 11, 1906, resort owners found an overturned boat and the body of 20-year-old Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Chester Gillette was put on trial and convicted of killing Brown, though he claimed that her death was a suicide."


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2 comments:

  1. Paul T DeBloisAugust 29, 2015 at 10:27 PM

    This love story is is probably one of the best and one of the saddest stories ever wrote.

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  2. Paul T DeBloisAugust 29, 2015 at 10:31 PM

    This love story is probably turned out to be so sad but the author did a fantastic job writing it. It brings a lot of today's reality to our lives today.

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