JOSEPH KIRKLAND BIOGRAPHY

JOSEPH KIRKLAND BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.

KIRKLAND, JOSEPH (1830-1894). —Novelist, born in New York State, was a lawyer in Chicago, then served in the war. He is remembered as the author of two very vivid and life-like novels of pioneer life in the Far West, Illinois Zury and The McVeys . Other works are The Captain of Company K. and The Story of Chicago .