Quote of the day
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
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