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03/01/1837 Born in Martins Ferry, OH. 1856 age nineteen, Howells went to the Ohio capital to write political correspondence for a few country papers 1860 He became a joint author with his roommate, John J. Piatt, of a slender volume of poems 1862 while on vacation in Paris, he married Eleanor Mead of Brattleboro, Vermont, whom he had previously met in Columbus 1866 Venetian Life (travel book) 1867 Italian Journey (travel book) 1872 Their Wedding Journey 1879 The Lady of the Aroostook 1882 Modern Instance 1885 The Rise of Silas Lapham 1886 His unromantic love story, Indian Summer 1890 A Hazard of New Fortunes 1890 A Boy`s Town 1891 Criticism and Fiction 1892 The Quality of Mercy 1893 An Imperative Duty 1893 My Year in a Log Cabin 1894 A Traveler from Altruria 1896 Impressions and Experiences 1900 Literary Friends and Acquaintances 1907 Through the Eye of the Needle 1910 My Mark Twain 1916 Years of My Youth 05/11/1920 Died. |