DAVID Ross LOCKE BIOGRAPHY

DAVID Ross LOCKE BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.

LOCKE, DAVID Ross (PETROLEUM V. NASBY) (1833-1888). —Humorist, born in New York State. His political satires really influenced opinion during the war. He was a printer and then a journalist, and his writings include Swingin' round the Cirkle , Struggles of P.V. Nasby , Nasby in Exile , and two novels, A Paper City and The Demagogue .