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Charles W. (Charles Wilkins) Webber
1819–1856
A restless 19th-century adventurer, journalist, and novelist, he turned frontier travel and Texas life into vivid, fast-moving writing. His work blends romance, natural history, and firsthand experience from the American Southwest.
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Spiritual vampirism: The history of Etherial Softdown, and her friends of the "New Light"
by Charles W. (Charles Wilkins) Webber
About the author
Born in Russellville, Kentucky, on May 29, 1819, he became known as an American author, journalist, explorer, and naturalist. Sources on his life agree that he spent time in Texas in the late 1830s and later moved through several fields, including journalism and literary work.
He is especially remembered for writing about frontier life and the landscapes of Texas and the Southwest. His books and articles drew on travel, adventure, and close observation of the natural world, giving his work an energetic, outdoors-minded character that stood out in mid-19th-century American writing.
He died on April 11, 1856. Because clear portrait images were not confirmed from the pages reviewed, no verified author photo is included here.