Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Theodore Winthrop
Born: September 22, 1828
Died: June 10, 1861 (aged 32)
Bio: Theodore Winthrop was a writer, lawyer, and world traveller. He was one of the first Union officers killed in the American Civil War.
Known for:
- Cecil Dreeme (1861)
- The Canoe and the Saddle
- Life in the open air
- Edwin Brothertoft
- John Brent (1861)