Paul Leicester Ford

Paul Leicester Ford
Paul Leicester Ford (1865–1902) was an American historian, biographer, and novelist known for his historical works and fiction. He wrote notable biographies, including "The True George Washington" and "The Many-Sided Franklin," which delved into the lives of key American figures. His most famous novel, "Janice Meredith," published in 1899, is a romance set during the American Revolution. Ford came from a literary family and tragically died at a young age, shot by his brother in a domestic dispute.

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THE PARTY ON SPECIAL NO. 218 Any one who hopes to find in what is here written a work of literature had better lay it aside unread. At Yale I should have got the sack in rhetoric and English composition, let alone other studies, had it not been for the fact that I played half-back on the team, and so the professors marked me away up above where I ought to have ranked. That was twelve years ago, but my... more...

CHAPTER I. Mr. Pierce was talking. Mr. Pierce was generally talking. From the day that his proud mamma had given him a sweetmeat for a very inarticulate "goo" which she translated into "papa," Mr. Pierce had found speech profitable. He had been able to talk his nurse into granting him every indulgence. He had talked his way through school and college. He had talked his wife into... more...

I FAMILY RELATIONS Although Washington wrote that the history of his ancestors was, in his opinion, "of very little moment," and "a subject to which I confess I have paid very little attention," few Americans can prove a better pedigree. The earliest of his forebears yet discovered was described as "gentleman," the family were granted lands by Henry the Eighth, held various... more...