An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

David Ross Locke

Estes, J. A. Dictionary of American Biography. Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in <cite>Biography Resource Center</cite>. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2006. http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC, 1928.
Type
book
Genre
biography
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The biography discusses Locke's life and his creation of the "Petroleum V. Nasby" character to support the causes of abolitionism and prohibition.