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John Williams Streeter
1841–1905
Best known for a lively account of American farm life, this physician-turned-writer brought practical experience and an observant eye to his books. His work mixes storytelling with firsthand detail, especially in The Fat of the Land.
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The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
by John Williams Streeter
About the author
Born in 1841 and died in 1905, John Williams Streeter was an American physician and novelist. Library and catalog records identify him as the author of The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm and Doctor Tom: The Coroner of Brett.
Available records also suggest that medicine was his first profession before he turned some of his attention to writing. That background helps explain the grounded, practical tone associated with his work, which often feels close to lived experience rather than purely imagined fiction.
Today, Streeter is remembered mainly through his books, especially The Fat of the Land, a work that has stayed in circulation through library archives and public-domain editions. His writing offers a window into rural American life at the turn of the twentieth century.