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Foot-Prints of Travel; or, Journeyings in Many Lands (Esprios Classics)
Maturin Murray Ballou
Foot-Prints of Travel; or, Journeyings in Many Lands (Esprios Classics)
Maturin Murray Ballou
Maturin Murray Ballou (1820-1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial, was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction. Starting around 1838, Ballou wrote for the Olive Branch, a weekly paper published in Boston. In addition to writing, he worked various jobs for the Boston Post Office, 1839 and the Boston Custom House, ca.1845. From 1842 through 1844, Ballou and Isaac H. Wright published the weekly newspaper Bay State Democrat. Writing under the pseudonym Lieutenant Murray, Ballou authored popular novels which were published by Frederick Gleason starting around 1845, such as The Gipsey, or, the Robbers of Naples: a Story of Love and Pride. He also wrote stories for The Flag of Our Union.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 23, 2024 |
ISBN13 | 9781006770166 |
Publishers | Blurb |
Pages | 300 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 17 mm · 439 g |
Language | English |
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