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Daniel Pierce Thompson

Born

in Charlestown, Massachusetts, The United States

October 01, 1795

Died

June 06, 1868

Genre

Historical Fiction, Romance

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Daniel Pierce Thompson (October 1, 1795 – June 6, 1868) was an American author and lawyer who served as Vermont Secretary of State and was New England's most famous novelist prior to Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Daniel P. Thompson was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts on October 1, 1795 and moved to Vermont with his family in 1800. He was raised in Berlin, Vermont, and graduated from Middlebury College in 1820. He then moved to Virginia, where he taught school, studied law, and attained admission to the bar before returning to Vermont to become an attorney in Montpelier, Vermont.

Influenced by James Fenimore Cooper and Walter Scott, he wrote historical adventure and romance novels, many of which feature life in Vermont.

In 1835 he authored May Martin ...more

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Average rating: 3.6 · 20 ratings · 4 reviews · 50 distinct works

	The Green Mountain Boys 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1839 — 93 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1851 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Mountain Boy at Monticello: A Talk With Jefferson in 1822 by Daniel Pierce Thompson, Gillett G. Griffin (Illustrator), Jr. Howard C. Rice (Introduction) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shaker Lovers: And Other Tales. it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1848 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Timothy Peacock, Esquire, Or, Freemasonry Practically Illustrated: Comprising a Practical History of Masonry, Exhibited in a Series of Amusing Adventures of a Masonic Quixot. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1835 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the town of Montpelier from the time it was first chartered in 1781 to the year 1860: Together with biographical sketches of its most noted deceased citizens 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rangers, Or, the Tory's Daughter: A Tale, Illustrative of the Revolutionary History of Vermont, and the Northern Campaign of 1777. Volume 2 of 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Mountain Boys: A Historical Tale of the Early Settlement of Vermont. Volume 2 of 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	May Martin; or, the Money Diggers: A Green Mountain Tale 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1895 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke Amsden; Or, The Schoolmaster 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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