[Gutenberg 21321] • Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond

[Gutenberg 21321] • Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond

Joseph Alexander Altsheler (April 29, 1862 - June 5, 1919) was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. He was a prolific writer, and produced fifty-one novels and (at least) fifty-one short stories. Thirty-two of his novels were part of his seven series