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Slason Thompson
1849–1935
Best remembered as a journalist, critic, and biographer, he moved easily between newspapers, theater, and the fast-changing world of American railroads. His life stretched from rural New Brunswick to Chicago literary circles, giving his books a sharp eye for both people and institutions.
2 Audiobooks
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1
by Slason Thompson
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2
by Slason Thompson
About the author
Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on January 5, 1849, he built a varied career that included work as a journalist, playwright, drama critic, and railway advertising professional. His life and work connected Canada and the United States, and he later became closely associated with Chicago literary and publishing life.
He wrote across several genres, from poetry and memoir to biography and history. Among the works most often linked with him are The Humbler Poets, his study of Eugene Field, and A Short History of American Railways, which reflects his long interest in the growth of rail transportation.
He died on February 22, 1935. A surviving portrait from an 1890 issue of Review of Reviews shows the public-facing man behind that wide-ranging career: part literary figure, part newspaperman, and part observer of modern American life.