Miles, George Henry

Miles, George Henry (1824–71),Maryland author, whose plays included Mohammed, the Arabian Prophet (published 1850), a blank‐verse romantic tragedy awarded a prize by Edwin Forrest, but produced by another actor (1851); Hernando de Soto (1852), romantic drama; and Señor Valiente (1859), a light comedy. His religious novels and Christine (1866), a collection of verse, are marked by his strong Catholicism.

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