Joel Tyler Headley

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Joel Tyler Headley (born December 30, 1814 in Walton , Delaware County , New York , † December 30, 1897 in Newburgh , New York) was an American writer and politician .

Headley studied theology at the Presbyterian Seminary in Auburn, New York . After graduating, he got a job as a preacher in Stockbridge (Massachusetts) . In the years 1842 to 1843 he went on a study tour to and through Europe and settled in Newburgh on his return.

After the publication of his travel experiences in 1846 under the titles Letters from Italy and The Alps and the Rhine had become a great literary as well as financial success, Headley resigned from all his offices and from then on lived as a writer. In 1855, Headley, who was a member of the American Party, was a member of the New York State Assembly ; from 1856 to 1857 he served as Secretary of State of New York.

Works

  • Letters from Italy . 1846.
  • The Alps and the Rhine . 1846.
  • Napoleon and his marshalls (1846, 24th ed. 1876);
  • Life of Oliver Cromwell ;
  • The lives of Winfield Scott and Andrew Jackson (1852);
  • The imperial guard of Napoleon, from Marengo to Waterloo (after Saint-Hilaire's famous work, 1852);
  • Washington and his generals (1853);
  • History of the second war between England and the United States (1853, 2 vols.);
  • Adirondack , or life in the woods (1853);
  • The chaplains and clergy of the revolution (1864);
  • Grant and Sherman . Their campaigns (1866);
  • The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the Ver. States ("Great rebellion. A history of the civil war"). Vossnack, Boston, Mass. 1863-1866. (2 vols., Translated by Karl Ansorge ).
  • The great riots of New York, 1712-1873 . Thunder's Mouth Press, New York 2004, ISBN 1-560-25552-8 (reprint of New York 1873 edition).
  • Life and travels of General Grant (1880);

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SURNAME Headley, Joel Tyler
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Walton , New York
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1897
Place of death Newburgh , New York