Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Born in Portland, Maine, Willis came from a family of publishers. His grandfather Nathaniel Willis owned newspapers in Massachusetts and Virginia, and his father Nathaniel Willis was the founder of ''Youth's Companion'', the first newspaper specifically for children. Willis developed an interest in literature while attending Yale College and began publishing poetry. After graduation, he worked as an overseas correspondent for the ''New York Mirror''. He eventually moved to New York and began to build his literary reputation. Working with multiple publications, he was earning about $100 per article and between $5,000 and $10,000 per year. In 1846, he started his own publication, the ''Home Journal'', which was eventually renamed ''Town & Country''. Shortly after, Willis moved to a home on the Hudson River where he lived a semi-retired life until his death in 1867.
Willis embedded his own personality into his writing and addressed his readers personally, specifically in his travel writings, so that his reputation was built in part because of his character. Critics, including his sister in her novel ''Ruth Hall'', occasionally described him as being effeminate and Europeanized. Willis also published several poems, tales, and a play. Despite his intense popularity for a time, at his death Willis was nearly forgotten. Provided by Wikipedia
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Bianca Visconti, or, The heart overtasked / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Paul Fane; or, Parts of a life else untold by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Prose writings of Nathaniel Parker Willis. by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Rural letters and other records of thought at leisure : written in the intervals of more hurried literary labor / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Poems of Nathaniel Parker Willis : with a memoir of the author. by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Famous persons and places / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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The poems, sacred, passionate, and humorous, of Nathaniel Parker Willis by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Life, here and there or, Sketches of society and adventure at far-apart times and places. by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Sacred poems. by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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The poems : sacred, passionate, and humorous / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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A l'abri, or The tent pitch'd / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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The poems, sacred, passionate, and humorous / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Melanie and other poems / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Life, here and there, or, Sketches of society and adventure at far-apart times and places / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Pencillings by the way. / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Fun-jottings, or, Laughs I have taken a pen to. by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Dashes at life with a free pencil / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Poem delivered before the Society of United Brothers at Brown University, on the day preceding commencement, September 6, 1831 : and other poems / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Poems of early and after years / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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Sketches / by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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