Thomas Bangs Thorpe

American writer and artist (1815-1878) Date Of Birth : 1815-03-01T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1878-09-20T00:00:00Z

Thomas Bangs Thorpe (1815–1878) was an American antebellum humorist, painter, illustrator, and author. He is best known for the short story “The Big Bear of Arkansas”, which was first published in the periodical Spirit of the Times in 1841.

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