Faro Nell and Her Friends (Illustrated): Wolfville Stories

by Alfred Henry Lewis, W. Herbert Dunton (Illustrator), J. N. Marchand (Illustrator)

Overview

Faro Nell is the fifth and final collection of Wolfville stories. Alfred Henry Lewis chronicles another cycle of Wolfville happenings with all the old characters -- that have not yet been "shot up" -- appearing in their old roles of Doc Peets, Old Monte, etc. As suggested by the title, Faro Nell plays a much more central role than in earlier novels. "...the book is amusing" NY Times 182290 My 11 13 220w.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538080320
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	05/19/2018
Series:	Western Cowboy Classics , #132
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Alfred Henry Lewis (January 20, 1855 - December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer. He began his career as a staff writer at the Chicago Times, and eventually became editor of the Chicago Times-Herald.

During the late 19th century, he wrote muckraker articles for Cosmopolitan. As an investigative journalist, Lewis wrote extensively about corruption in New York politics. This was the subject of his book The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York, which focused on the Tammany Hall society of the 18th century. He also wrote biographies of Irish-American politician Richard Croker (1843-1922), and of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States.

As a writer of genre fiction, his most successful works were in his Wolfville series of Western fiction, which he continued writing until he died of gastrointestinal disease in 1914.