author
Maurice Thompson
1844–1901
Best known for the historical novel Alice of Old Vincennes, this Indiana-born writer brought the American Midwest and South to life with a mix of storytelling, nature writing, and outdoor passion.
5 Audiobooks
Alice of Old Vincennes
by Maurice Thompson
Eleven Possible Cases
by Frank R. Stockton, Edgar Fawcett, Franklin Fyles, Anna Katharine Green, Henry Harland, Ingersoll Lockwood, Joaquin Miller, Kirk Munroe, Brainard Gardner Smith, Maurice Thompson, A. C. (Andrew Carpenter) Wheeler
Hoosier Mosaics
by Maurice Thompson
Milly: At Love's Extremes; A Romance of the Southland
by Maurice Thompson
A Fortnight of Folly
by Maurice Thompson, Hugh Conway
About the author
Born in Indiana in 1844 and raised partly in Georgia, Maurice Thompson wrote poetry, essays, and fiction, and also became known as a naturalist and enthusiastic archer. Reliable reference sources describe him as an American novelist, poet, essayist, archer, and naturalist, and archival collections note that he later returned to Indiana, where much of his adult life and literary work were centered.
He is most closely associated with regional writing about Indiana and the South. His best-known novel, Alice of Old Vincennes (1900), helped secure his place in the literary life of Indiana, and library and archival sources also connect him with a wide range of historical fiction, periodical writing, and nature poetry.
Thompson died in 1901. What still makes him interesting is the range of his work: he was not only a novelist, but also a writer deeply interested in the outdoors, birds, and archery, which gives his books and essays a distinctive, energetic feel.