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Woodworth, Samuel
Woodworth, Samuel (1785–1842), Massachusetts‐born author, after 1809 was a journalist in New York, edited the New‐York Mirror and other papers, and wrote plays and poems. He is remembered today for The Old Oaken Bucket, first titled The Bucket, collected in his Melodies, Duets, Songs, and Ballads (1826), and set to music by Frederick Smith. The same volume contains his The Hunters of Kentucky, a ballad written to celebrate the riflemen who under Jackson repulsed the British at New Orleans in 1815. His plays include LaFayette (1824), a melodrama; The Forest Rose (1825), a comedy known for its Yankee character, Jonathan Ploughboy; and The Widow's Son (1825), a domestic tragedy of the Revolutionary period. His sole novel, The Champions of Freedom (2 vols., 1816), is a fantastic moral romance with the War of 1812 as background to a plot involving the spirit of George Washington as a “Mysterious Chief” who guides the destinies of Decatur, Harrison, Jackson, and other heroes of the time.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Woodworth, Samuel." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Woodworth, Samuel." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-WoodworthSamuel.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Woodworth, Samuel." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-WoodworthSamuel.html |
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Samuel Woodworth
Samuel Woodworth 1784–1842, American author, b. Scituate, Mass. He edited (1823–24) the New York Mirror and was author of the song "The Old Oaken Bucket." His comedy The Forest Rose (1825) was one of the most popular American plays before the Civil War. |
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"Samuel Woodworth." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Samuel Woodworth." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Woodwort.html "Samuel Woodworth." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Woodwort.html |
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