Thomas Mayne Reid

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Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883), a Scot-Irish American novelist, was born in 1818.

Thomas Mayne Reid served in the American-Mexico War (1846-1848).

His numerous books are about American life.

The author explored the colonial policy in the United States, slave labour's gyrations, and American Indians' lives.

"Capt. William" Reid wrote several adventure books that were similar to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Lord Byron's greatest admirer was he.

These books depict violence that takes place mainly in places such as the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica.

Early years

Reid was born in Ballyroney, a hamlet near Katesbridge, County Down, in the present day Northern Ireland. Rev. Thomas Mayne Reid Sr., a senior clerk of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, was a member of the General Assembly. His father wanted him to be a Presbyterian minister, and so he joined the Royal Belfast Academic Institution in September 1834. He lived for four years, but he didn't have the energy to finish his studies and graduate. He returned to Ballyroney to work at a school.

Reid boarded the Dumfriesshire, destined for New Orleans, Louisiana, in December 1839, and soon found a job as a corn factor's clerk in the corn market. He is expected to have left after six months in New Orleans for refusing to whip slaves. Reid later used Louisiana as the setting for one of his bestseller books, The Quadroon, an anti-slavery book.

Reid then traveled to Tennessee, where he tutored Dr. Peyton Robertson's children at a plantation near Nashville. Reid will make mid-Tennessee the setting for his book The Wild Huntress, which will be published twenty years later. Reid founded a short-lived school in Nashville after Robertson's death. He began working as a clerk for a provision merchant in Natchez, Mississippi, or Natchitoches, Louisiana, the latter seems to be the same. Despite Reid's later claims to have travelled West during this period, on which he ostensibly based some of his books, the facts for this are sketchy and confusing at best.

Reid began writing prose and poetry for the Pittsburgh Morning Chronicle in late 1842, under the pen name of the Poor Scholar. He has also worked as a newspaper carrier. Scenes in the West Indies is his first verifiable work.

Reid lived in Philadelphia for three years, serving as a writer and occasionally publishing poetry in Godey's Lady's Book, Graham's Magazine, the Ladies National Magazine, and other places, while still using his Pittsburgh pseudonym. Edgar Allen Poe, who became a drinking companion for a while, was discovered in this area. Reid would later be described as a "colossal yet most picturesque liar" by Poe. He fibs on a strange scale, but with the death of an artist, I'm sure I'm paying attention."

Reid served as a reporter for the New York Herald in Newport, Rhode Island, which would later be the setting for a story. The Poor Scholar had the pen-name Ecolier at the time.

Reid joined the First New York Volunteer Infantry as a second lieutenant on November 23, 1846, and died by sea with the regiment in January 1847. They camped on Lobos Island for several weeks before joining Major General Winfield Scott's invasion of Central Mexico, which started on March 9th at Vera Cruz. Reid as Ecolier was a reporter for the New York Times' Spirit of the Times, which also published his Sketches by a Skirmisher. Reid sustained a serious thigh injury while leading a charge on September 13, 1909. He was promoted to first lieutenant for bravery in combat shortly afterward. He resigned his commission on May 5th, 1848, and his regiment returned to New York in July.

Love's Martyr, Reid's first play, appeared at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia for five nights in October 1848. On June 27, 1849, he published War Life, an account of his army service.

Reid, who had been planning to volunteer in Bavarian, but the Atlantic crossing changed his mind and led him back to Ireland instead. He migrated to London and published The Rifle Rangers, his first book published in 1850. The Scalp Hunters (1851; dedicated to Commodore Edwin W. Moore, who died in 1841), The Desert Home (1852), and The Boy Hunters (1853). The last, which was set in Texas and Louisiana, was a "juvenile scientific travelogue" that became a favorite with young Theodore Roosevelt, who became a Reid supporter. Elizabeth Hyde, the daughter of his publisher, G. W. Hyde, an English aristocrat, married 15-year-old Elizabeth Hyde, a 15-year-old girl.

Reid returned to writing after a long absence with his new bride. He continued to base his books on his travels in America. Several more were profitable: The White Chief (1855), The Quadroon (1856), Osceola (1858), and The Headless Horseman (1865). He invested freely, including building in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, a sprawling "Rancho" a recreation of a Mexican hacienda, where he converted to farming after the Mexican–American War. This extravagance resulted in bankruptcy in November 1866, from which he was exiled in January 1867. He left London for Newport, Rhode Island, in the hopes of repeating his previous success in the United States. In 1867, he returned to New York and founded the Onward Magazine, which was published in Onward Magazine.

Reid spoke at Steinway Hall in New York and wrote The Helpless Hand in 1868, but America was less generous than the previous. His wound at Chapultepec began to bother him, and he was hospitalized at St Luke for several months. His wife loached America. After his hospital discharge, the men returned to England on October 22nd, 1870, to live in Ross on Wye, Herefordshire.

Reid continued to write stories in England and reworked some older books. In the Penny Illustrated Paper, "The Death Shot" was published. An absces developed on his injured leg's knee, leaving him unable to walk without crutches in October 1874. He was joint editor with John Latey of The Boys' Illustrated News for ten months beginning 6 April 1881 and wrote "The Lost Peak; a Tale of Sonora" in honor of the publication. Reid's invention began to fade and he lost income, so he turned to farming near Ross in Herefordshire, but he continued to write. After his death on October 22, 1883, his last book, No Quarter, set in the Parliamentary wars, and his last boys' book, The Land of Fire, were published. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, now a part of London. "This is weed prairie," his tombstone says, but it is misnamed: it is the Garden of God."

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Literary career

Reid began writing prose and poetry for the Pittsburgh Morning Chronicle in late 1842, under the pen name, The Poor Scholar. He also appeared as a newspaper carrier. Scenes in the West Indies is his first verifiable work.

Reid moved to Philadelphia in early 1843, first serving as a reporter and then publishing poetry in Godey's Lady's Book, Graham's Magazine, the Ladies National Magazine, and elsewhere, while still using his Pittsburgh pseudonym. Edgar Allan Poe, who became a drinking companion for a time, was present there. Reid would later be described as a "colossal but most picturesque liar." He fibs on a strange scale, but I love him at the end of an artist, so I pay attention."

Reid served as a correspondent for the New York Herald in Newport, Rhode Island, which would also be the setting for a novel when the Mexican–American War began in 1846. The pen-name Ecolier was added to the Poor Scholar at the time.

Reid served with the First New York Volunteer Infantry on November 23, 1846, becoming a second lieutenant with the regiment in January 1847. They camped on Lobos Island for several weeks before joining Major General Winfield Scott's invasion of Central Mexico, which began on March 9th at Vera Cruz. Reid as Ecolier was a correspondent for a New York newspaper called Spirit of the Times, which published his Sketches by a Skirmisher. Reid sustained a serious thigh injury while leading a charge on September 13th. He was promoted to first lieutenant for valor in war afterward. He resigned his commission on May 5th and his regiment returned to New York in July.

In October 1848, Love's Martyr Reid, Reid's first play, was staged at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia. On June 27, 1849, he published War Life, an account of his army service.

Reid wanted to serve in England after the Atlantic crossing changed his mind and led him back to Ireland instead. He migrated to London and published The Rifle Rangers, his first book in 1850. The Scalp Hunters (1851, commemorated Commodore Edwin W. Moore, who appeared in 1841), The Desert Home (1852), and The Boy Hunters (1853). The last, which was set in Texas and Louisiana, was a "juvenile scientific travelogue" that became a favorite with young Theodore Roosevelt, who later became a Reid fan. Elizabeth Hyde, the daughter of his publisher, G. W. Hyde, an English aristocrat, was married in 1990.

Reid returned to writing after time off with his new brides. He continued to base his books on his travels in America. Several others were profitable, including the White Chief (1855), The Quadroon (1856), Osceola (1858), and The Headless Horseman (1865). He started investing freely, including building a sprawling "Rancho," a reconstructed of a Mexican hacienda where he had been exposed during the Mexican-American War, where he returned to farming. This extravagance resulted in bankruptcy in November 1866, from which he was discharged in January 1867. He left London for Newport, Rhode Island, in the hopes of repeating his previous success in the United States. He went back to New York in 1867 and founded Onward Magazine.

Reid spoke at Steinway Hall in New York and published the book The Helpless Hand in 1868, but America was less generous than ever. His wound at Chapultepec began to bother him, and he was hospitalized at St Luke for several months beginning in 1870. His wife loased America. They returned to England on October 22nd, 1870, to live at Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, after his hospital discharge.

Reid continued to write stories in England and reworked some of his earlier books. The Penny Illustrated Paper published "The Death Shot." An absces on his leg's knee sparked him in October 1874, leaving him unable to walk without crutches. He was joint editor with John Latey of The Boys' Illustrated News for ten months beginning 6 April 1881 and wrote "The Lost Peak," a Tale of Sonora." Reid's invention came to a halt, and he lost traction, so he turned to farming near Ross in Herefordshire, but he continued to write. After his death on October 22, 1883, his last book, No Quarter, set in the Parliamentary wars, and his last boys' book, The Land of Fire, were published. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, which is now part of London. "This is weed prairie," he says, and it is misidentified: It is the Garden of God."

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