Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Samuel Griswold Goodrich (born August 19, 1793 in Ridgefield (Connecticut) , † May 9, 1860 in New York ) was an American educator and writer , he was better known under his pseudonym ' Peter Parley' .
Goodrich devoted himself to the book trade and, after visiting Europe in 1824, settled in Boston , where he published the illustrated yearbook The Token from 1828-42 , for which he himself wrote a large number of poems and short stories.
His popular Peter Parley Series of Juvenile Books fills 177 volumes. He also wrote:
- Fireside Education (1838);
- The Outcast, and other Poems (1841);
- Sketches from a Student's Window (1841);
- A Winter Wreath of Summer Flowers (1854);
- Recollections of a Lifetime (1857, 2 vol .; new edition 1880) and
- Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom (1859, 2 vols.).
In 1851, Goodrich held the post of consulate in Paris under President Millard Fillmore . He died on May 9, 1860. Freeman published his autobiography ( Story of my own Life ) in 1862.
Web links
- Literature by and about Samuel Griswold Goodrich in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goodrich, Samuel Griswold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parley, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American educator and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ridgefield, Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1860 |
| Place of death | new York |