Though many details about his early life are in dispute, scholars agree that Arnold was born in New York City and that his father may have been the Reverend George B. Arnold.
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A biography of Adah Isaacs Menken.
Sentilles describes him as "a living illustration of the connection between American bohemianism and middle-class idealism."
A regular in the bohemian circle. Clare was one of two women who were fully accepted into the male bohemian circle. Ada Clare formed a frienship with Adah Menken around 1860.
A regular in the bohemian circle at Pfaff's. O'Brien died of tetanus during the Civil War.
Sentilles mentions Clapp's creation of the publication and its numerous contributors.
One of only two women to be fully accepted into the bohemian circle.
Sentilles quotes Taylor's description of Pfaff's as a place where "mild potations of beer and the dreamy breath of cigars delayed the nervous fidgety, clattering-footed American hours." Taylor was a regular in the bohemian circle.
Sentilles notes that Twain compared Pfaff's to the San Francisco bohemians who called themselves "companions of the jug."
Whitman was a regular visitor to Pfaff's whose status as an object of admiration kept him from truly being a member of the bohemian circle.
A regular in the bohemian circle who "had significant impact on the reading culture of New York and therefore around the nation."
Winter's harsh critique of Menken's performance in Mazeppa is attributed to her earlier friendship with Whitman, who Winter strongly disliked.
Though many details about his early life are in dispute, scholars agree that Arnold was born in New York City and that his father may have been the Reverend George B. Arnold.
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