THOMAS BUCHANAN READ BIOGRAPHY
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
READ, THOMAS BUCHANAN (1822-1872). —American poet, was a portrait-painter, and lived much abroad. He wrote a prose romance, The Pilgrims of the Great St. Bernard , and several books of poetry, including The New Pastoral , The House by the Sea , Sylvia , and A Summer Story . Some of the shorter pieces included in these, e.g. , "Sheridan's Ride," "Drifting," and "The Closing Scene," have great merit.