Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
James Grant Wilson
Born: April 28, 1832
Died: February 1, 1914 (aged 81)
Bio: James Grant Wilson was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region.
Known for:
- Bryant And His Friends (1886)
- The Life And Letters Of Fitz Greene Halleck (1869)
- Thackeray in the United States (1901)
- Presidents of the United States 1789-1914 (1894)