[Gutenberg 4097] • Alice of Old Vincennes
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- Authors
- Thompson, Maurice
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Tags
- historical fiction , love stories , 1775-1783 -- fiction , vincennes (ind.) -- fiction , indiana -- history -- revolution , war stories , orphans -- fiction
- ISBN
- 9781540404282
- Date
- 1961-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.27 MB
- Lang
- en
James Maurice Thompson (September 9, 1844 - February 15, 1901) was an American novelist, poet, essayist and naturalist. Alice of Old Vincennes, written by Maurice Thompson in 1900, is a novel set in Vincennes during the American Revolutionary War. The book was a popular best-seller. It was the tenth-highest best selling book in the United States in 1900, and the second best selling book in 1901 (bested only by The Crisis).[2] It was listed as the best-selling book in the United States in six consecutive monthly issues of The Bookman, from January through June 1901 (tied with Eben Holden for two of those months)