Quote of the day
A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.
Thomas B. Thorpe

Born: 1815
Died: 1878 (aged 63)
Bio: Thomas Bangs Thorpe was an American antebellum humorist, painter, illustrator, and author best known for the short story "The Big Bear of Arkansas", which was first published in the periodical Spirit of the Times in 1841.
Known for:
- The Mysteries of the Backwoods






