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Timothy Shay Arthur

American novelist, short story writer and publisher (1809-1885) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 75

Timothy Shay Arthur - known as T. S. Arthur - was a popular 19th-century American writer. He is famously known for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1809 to 1885 · aged 75