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George W. Doneghy
1848–1917
An Arkansas lawyer, judge, and public figure, he also left behind writing that helps modern readers glimpse the state’s political and civic life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His career moved through law, public service, and letters, giving his work a grounded, firsthand quality.
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The old Hanging Fork, and other poems
by George W. Doneghy
About the author
Born in 1848 and dying in 1917, George W. Doneghy was an Arkansas attorney, judge, and political figure whose life was closely tied to the state's public life. Reliable sources available here point to him as a man known not only for legal and civic work, but also for writing connected to Arkansas history and culture.
That mix of professions makes him especially interesting as an author. Rather than writing from a distance, he appears to have drawn on direct experience in law and government, which gives his work the feel of someone who knew the institutions, people, and debates of his time from the inside.
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