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Alfred Trumble
A lively late-19th-century writer and editor, he moved easily between crime writing, art criticism, and literary anecdote. His books and magazine work capture the bustle, curiosities, and darker corners of Gilded Age New York.
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In Jail with Charles Dickens
by Alfred Trumble
About the author
Alfred Trumble was an American author, journalist, and editor best known for writing about New York life, crime, books, and art. He wrote works including The Mysteries of New York, Mysteries of Mormonism, The New York Tombs, The Mott Street Poker Club, and In Jail with Charles Dickens.
He also edited and published The Collector, a New York periodical devoted to art, bibliography, and antiquarian subjects, which ran from 1889 until 1897. Other records of his career describe him as a well-known art writer and editor, which fits the wide range of subjects he covered in both books and periodical work.
Trumble seems to have been one of those energetic 19th-century writers who turned curiosity into a career. Whether he was exploring prisons, literary history, gambling circles, or the art world, his writing reflects a taste for vivid detail and unusual subjects.