Trowbridge, John Townsend

John Townsend Trowbridge (1827-1916) was born in a log cabin his father constructed through the use of wooden pegs. After teaching and working on a farm for one year in Illinois, he settled in New York City where he wrote for journals and magazines. He moved to Boston in August of 1848, and in 1850, during the absence of Benjamin Perley Poore in Washington, D. C., edited Poore's paper, the Sentinel, but his editorial on the fugitive-slave law nearly destroyed the paper's popularity. His novels include Neighbor Jackwood, an antislavery novel; The Old Battle-Ground; Cudjo's Cave; The Three Scout...