The complete online text of The Stillwater Tragedy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich, so closely identified with the Boston Brahmin-literati of the later nineteenth century, was Boston plated rather than the genuine article, to paraphrase his self-description, quoted in the official biography by Ferris Greenslet (19...

Thomas Bailey Aldrich is remembered only for his one children's novel, The Story of a Bad Boy (1869). He was, however, one of the most respected literary men of his time. Ranked with William Dean Howells and Mark Twain as a novelist and with James Russel...

Thomas Bailey Aldrich is of interest today for his contributions to American literature and journalism. As a literary figure he contributed to the development of realism in adolescent fiction; one of his novels introduced a character type that became the...

Hudson's neighbor, Stillwater, is right across the St. Croix River - on the Minnesota side - about 20 miles east of downtown St. Paul. Stillwater encompasses a feeling of "small town Minnesota" with hometown rural character, friendly residents and a low crime rate. There...

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