Known best by his pseudonym of Petroleum V. Nasby, David Ross Locke was born in upstate New York near Binghamton to a poor family.
The biography discusses Locke's life and his creation of the "Petroleum V. Nasby" character to support the causes of abolitionism and prohibition.
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Known best by his pseudonym of Petroleum V. Nasby, David Ross Locke was born in upstate New York near Binghamton to a poor family.
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