Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883), was an Irish-American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ... is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about work. ... Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ... This page is about the novelist. ... Nikolai Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (Russian: , April 15 NS 1886 - August 1921) was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 – August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. ... -1... Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ... The Western United States, also referred to as the American West or simply The West, traditionally refers to the region constituting the westernmost states of the United States (see geographical terminology section for further discussion of these terms). ... For the movie Himalaya, see Himalaya (film). ...

Biography

Reid was born in Ballyroney, County Down, in the north of Ireland, the son of Rev. Thomas Mayne Reid Sr., who was a senior clerk of the Irish General Assembly. His father had wanted him to become a Presbyterian minister, so in September of 1834 he enrolled at the Royal Academical Institution in Belfast. But, although he stayed for four years, he could not motivate himself enough to complete his studies and receive a degree. He headed back home to Ballyroney to teach school. Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... For other types of minister, see Minister In Christian churches, a minister is a man or woman who serves a congregation or participates in a role in a parachurch ministry; such persons can minister as a Pastor, Preacher, Bishop, Chaplain, Deacon or Elder. ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the capital city of Northern Ireland. ...

In December of 1839 he boarded the Dumfriesshire bound for New Orleans, Louisiana, arriving in January 1840. He made his way to New York City, and landed a job as a corn factor, or corn trader in the corn market. He only stayed six months, reports saying he left the position for refusing to whip slaves on the wharf. 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... NOLA redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Next he became the tutor for General Peyton Robertson's children. Soon after he ran the New English, Mathematical, and Classical School; this lasted seven months, when he headed south again. He found work as a clerk for a provision dealer (in a general store in either Natchez, Mississippi, or Natchitoches, Louisiana). In 1843 he had made his way to St. Louis, Missouri; here he joined a company headed west to the Rocky Mountains. Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... St. ... For individual mountains named Rocky Mountain, see Rocky Mountain (disambiguation). ...

Literary Career

After his return from the west he had his first poem published in Godey's Lady's Book under the pseudonym "A Poor Scholar". He headed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1843, and worked as a journalist. It was here that he met Edgar Allan Poe and the two became drinking companions for a time.^[1] Poe would later write of Reid: During the 19th century, Godeys Ladys Book was a popular United States magazine among women. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ...

"a colossal but most picturesque liar. He fibs on a surprising scale but with the finish of an artist, and that is why I listen to him attentively."

On December 3, 1846, he joined the First New York Volunteer Infantry to fight in the Mexican-American War; he received the commission of second lieutenant. A month later he landed in Vera Cruz with Major General Winfield Scott's army. Using the pseudonym "Ecolier", he was a correspondent for the Spirit of the Times of St. Louis, and published "Sketches by a Skirmisher" on May 1, 1843. At the battle of Chapultepec, on September 13, he received a severe thigh wound; three days later he was promoted to first lieutenant for showing great courage during the battle. He was discharged from the army in May of 1848. is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants United States Mexico Commanders Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Stephen W. Kearney Antonio López de Santa Anna Mariano Arista Pedro de Ampudia José Mariá Flores Strength 78,790 soldiers 25,000–40,000 soldiers Casualties KIA: 1733 Total dead: 13,271 Wounded: 4,152 AWOL: 9,200+ 25,000... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ... Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ... Veracruz from space, July 1997 The city of Veracruz is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... For other uses of Winfield Scott, see Winfield Scott (disambiguation). ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants United States Mexico Commanders Winfield Scott Nicolás Bravo #, Mariano Monterde School Commandant, Juan N. Perez commander Remants Leon Brigade) Strength 13,000 876 cadets, 4000 regulars Casualties 130 killed 703 wounded 29 missing 862 total 1,800 killed and wounded 823 captured 2,623 Total Gen. ... is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... First Lieutenant is a military rank. ...

Love's Martyr, his first play, played at the Walnut Street Theater in New York for five nights, in October 1848. He published War Life, an account of his army service, June 27, 1849. The Walnut Street Theatre (or simply The Walnut), located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 825 Walnut Street, is the oldest continuously-operating theatre in the English speaking world. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1848 in literature, other events of 1849, 1850 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

Learning of the Bavarian Revolution, he headed to England to volunteer. But, after the Atlantic crossing changed his mind, and instead headed home to northern Ireland. He shortly moved to London, and in 1850 published his first novel, The Rifle Rangers. This was followed by The Scalp Hunters (1851; dedicated to Commodore Edwin W. Moore, whom he met in 1841), The Desert Home (1852), and The Boy Hunters (1853). This latter book, set in Texas and Louisiana, was "juvenile scientific travelog". It would become a favorite of a young Theodore Roosevelt, who would become a huge Reid fan. That same year he married the daughter of his publisher G. W. Hyde, an English aristocrat, Elizabeth Hyde, a 15-year-old young lady. The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, were a revolutionary wave which erupted in Sicily and then, further triggered by the revolutions of 1848 in France, soon spread to the rest of Europe and as far afield as... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... See also: 1849 in literature, other events of 1850, 1851 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1850 in literature, other events of 1851, 1852 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1851 in literature, other events of 1852, 1853 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1852 in literature, other events of 1853, 1854 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... For other persons named Theodore Roosevelt, see Theodore Roosevelt (disambiguation). ... Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ...

After a short time off to spend with his new bride and honeymoon, he soon returned to writing. Continuing to base his novels on his adventures in America, he turned out several more successful novels: The White Chief (1855), The Quadroon (1856), Oceola (1859), and The Headless Horseman (1865). See also: 1854 in literature, other events of 1855, 1856 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1855 in literature, other events of 1856, 1857 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1858 in literature, other events of 1859, 1860 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Headless Horseman is a novel by Mayne Reid written in 1865 or 1866 and is based on the authors adventures in America. ... See also: 1864 in literature, other events of 1865, 1866 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

He spent money freely, including building the sprawling "Ranche", an elaborate reproduction of a Mexican hacienda that he had seen during the Mexican-American War. This extravagant living forced him to declare bankruptcy in November of 1866. The following October he moved to Newport, Rhode Island, hoping to recapture the success the U.S. had brought him earlier. He went back to New York in 1867 and founded the Onward Magazine.^[2] Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration—see text) in the United Kingdom. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ...

He lectured at Steinway Hall in New York, and published the novel The Helpless Hand in 1868. But America was not as kind to Reid this time around. The wound he had received at Chapultepec started to bother him, and he was hospitalized for several months at St. Luke in June of 1870. Elizabeth hated America, and following his discharge from the hospital he and his wife returned to England on October 22, 1870, and lived at Ross on Wye, Herefordshire. Steinway Hall 14th Str. ... See also: 1867 in literature, other events of 1868, 1869 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... , Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: Rhosan ar Wy) is a small market town with a population of approximately 10,000 in Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on the edge of the Forest of Dean. ... For the similarly named county in the East of England, see Hertfordshire. ...

Suffering from acute melancholia, he was soon again hospitalized. He tried to write, but completed few projects. He lived mainly off his U.S. Army pension, which was not enough to cover his situation. Reid died in London, at the age of 65, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. Kensal Green Cemetery Kensal Green Cemetery, located in Kensal Green, London, England, was incorporated in 1832, and is the oldest of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries still in operation. ...

• "This is `weed prairie'; it is misnamed: It is the Garden of God." is on his grave marker and is a quotation from The Scalp Hunters.

Books such as the Young Voyagers had great popularity, especially with boys. He was also very popular around the world; his tales of the American West captivated children everywhere, including Europe and Russia. Among his books, many of which were popular in translation in Poland and Russia, were The Rifle Rangers (1850), Scalp Hunters (1851), Boy Hunters (1853), War Trail (1851), Boy Tar (1859), and Headless Horseman (1865/6).^[3] Vladimir Nabokov recalled The Headless Horseman as a favourite adventure novel of his childhood years - "which had given him a vision of the prairies and the great open spaces and the overarching sky."^[4] At 11, Nabokov even translated The Headless Horseman into French alexandrines.^[5] For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... This page is about the novelist. ... The Headless Horseman is a novel by Mayne Reid written in 1865 or 1866 and is based on the authors adventures in America. ...

Although Mayne Reid called himself, and is listed often as, "captain", Francis B. Heitman's definitive Historical Register and Dictionary of the U.S. Army only shows lieutenant.

Bibliography

• The Rifle Rangers - (1850) (Archive.org)
• The Bush Boys - (1856) (Archive.org)
• The War Trail - (1857) (Archive.org)
• The Lone Ranche - (1860) (Archive.org)
• The Scalp Hunters - (1860) (Archive.org)
• The Cliff Climbers - (1864) (Archive.org)
• The Boy Slaves - (1865) (Archive.org)
• The Headless Horseman - (1866)
• The Giraffe Hunters - (1867)
• The Castaways - (1870) (Archive.org)
• The Death Shot - (1873) (Archive.org)
• Osceola the Seminole, or, The red fawn of the Flower land - (1874)
• The Boy Hunters - (1855) (Archive.org)
• The White Gauntlet

The Headless Horseman is a novel by Mayne Reid written in 1865 or 1866 and is based on the authors adventures in America. ...

References

1. ^ Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy. Cooper Square Press, 1992. p. 142. ISBN 0815410387
2. ^ Open Source Books. Internet Archive. Accessed July 14,2007. [1]
3. ^ Open Source Books. Internet Archive. Accessed July 14,2007. [2]
4. ^ CLASSICS ON CASSETTE:'SPEAK, MEMORY'. John Espey. Los Angeles Times Book Review; Page 8; Book Review Desk. October 20, 1991.
5. ^ Artist as Precocious Young Man. Rutherford A. Sunday Herald December 30, 1990.

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External links

• "Reid, Captain Mayne" Bio - at the Northern Illinois University Libraries
• Thomas Mayne Reid from the Handbook of Texas Online
• "Literary History American West" - at Texas Christian University - 8.7mb - (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)
• Works by Mayne Reid at Project Gutenberg
  • Kullankaivajat ja indiaanit Kertomus Pohjois-Meksikosta, available at Project Gutenberg. - (Finnish)
• Der weiße Häuptling (The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico) - Edition of 1881 - (German)
• Captain (Thomas) Mayne Reid - Bio and selected free ebooks - at Athelstane
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