Quote of the day
No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
John Hector St. John
Born: December 31, 1735
Died: November 12, 1813 (aged 77)
Bio: Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecœur, naturalized in New York as John Hector St. John, was a French-American writer. He was born in Caen, Normandy, France, to the Comte and Comtesse de Crèvecœur.
Known for:
- Letters from an American Farmer (1782)
- Sketches of eighteenth century America
- More letters from the American farmer