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George Francis Dawson
A 19th-century American writer whose work ranged from Halloween fiction to political and historical books, he left behind a small but strikingly varied body of writing. Best known today for Myra's Well, he also wrote a substantial life of Gen. John A. Logan and compiled a Republican campaign text-book in the 1880s.
1 Audiobook
Myra's Well: A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en
by George Francis Dawson
About the author
George Francis Dawson was an American author active in the late 19th century. Surviving bibliographic records connect him with several very different kinds of books, including the Halloween tale Myra's Well: A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en (1883), the full-length Life and Services of Gen. John A. Logan, as Soldier and Statesman (1887), and The Republican campaign text-book for 1888, which he compiled for the Republican National Committee.
That range makes him an interesting figure for audiobook listeners: he could turn from atmospheric, seasonal storytelling to biography and then to political reference writing. While detailed biographical information about his life is hard to confirm from reliable online sources, his published work shows a writer comfortable with both literary mood and public affairs.
Today, Dawson is remembered mainly through library catalogs and public-domain editions that have kept his books available. Myra's Well in particular has helped preserve his name, offering modern readers a glimpse of Victorian-era Halloween imagination.