Theodore Winthrop (September 22, 1828 - June 10, 1861) was a writer, lawyer, and world traveller. He was one of the first Union officers killed in the American Civil War.Winthrop was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He was descended through his father from Governor John Winthrop and through his mother from Jonathan Edwards. An 1848 graduate of Yale University, he travelled for a year in Great Britain and Europe and then through the United States. After contributing to periodicals, short sketches, and stories, which attracted little attention, Winthrop enlisted in the 7th Regiment, New York...

Cecil Dreeme, Theodore Winthrop's most important work, was a semi-autobiographical novel. The gothic tale features a young traveler, Robert Byng, who returns from abroad to New York. He lodges in an impressive building along with other young Bohemians and artists, including a mysterious and alluring painter, with whom he strikes up a friendship. Both of them must avoid the sinister machinations of millionaire tycoon Densdeth, who also has a dark store room in the building.

Theodore Winthrop (September 22, 1828 - June 10, 1861) was a writer, lawyer, and world traveller. He was one of the first Union officers killed in the American Civil War.This work is a work of fiction. The plot of the novel takes place in the United States in the middle of the 19th century. The scenes range from gold-rush era California, across the American West, and across the Atlantic to London. The work was published posthumously in 1865.

Theodore Winthrop (September 22, 1828 - June 10, 1861) was a writer, lawyer, and world traveller. He was one of the first Union officers killed in the American Civil War.This is a work of fiction. The plot of the novel takes place chiefly in New York during the American Revolutionary War. This work was published posthumously in 1862.