Slason Thompson

Slason Thompson
Slason Thompson (1849–1935) was an American journalist, biographer, and railway historian. He is best known for his biography of Eugene Field, a popular children's poet, titled "Eugene Field: A Study in Heredity and Contradictions" (1901). Thompson also authored "A Short History of American Railways" (1925), reflecting his deep interest in the development of U.S. railroads. In addition to his writing, he worked as an editor and manager at the Chicago Tribune, contributing significantly to the city's journalistic landscape.

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CHAPTER I OUR PERSONAL RELATIONS In the loving "Memory" which his brother Roswell contributed to the "Sabine Edition" of Eugene Field's "Little Book of Western Verse," he says: "Comradeship was the indispensable factor in my brother's life. It was strong in his youth: it grew to be an imperative necessity in later life. In the theory that it is sometimes good to be... more...

CHAPTER I PEDIGREE "Sir John Maundeville, Kt.," was his prototype, and Father Prout was his patron saint. The one introduced him to the study of British balladry, the other led him to the classic groves of Horace. "I am a Yankee by pedigree and education," wrote Eugene Field to Alice Morse Earle, the author of "The Sabbath in Puritan New England," and other books of the same... more...