A Dictionary of Selected Jacksonian Writers

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GALLAGHER, William Davis 1808-1894 - Journalist and poet. He edited a number of Ohio publications, while gaining attention for his prose tales and poems from about 1828 on. Despite two stints in Washington, D.C., he ultimately took up agriculture and moved to Kentucky. “The Wreck of the Hornet” was his first widely popular poem. He also wrote on agriculture in Ohio and on the Civil War.

GODEY, Louis Antoine 1804-1878 - He moved to Philadelphia from New York and, in 1830, founded the very successful Godey’s Lady’s Book and ran it until he sold it to a stock company in 1877. Having also published the Daily Chronicle newspaper, Jarvis’ Musical Library and Young People’s Book, he left a fortune of over $1,000,000.

GOULD, Hannah Flagg 1789-1865 - A New England poet who lived wi

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