This American writer authored one bestselling book, the 1917 "Alone in the Caribbean: The Cruise of the 'Yakaboo' in the Lesser Antilles," a nonfiction boating classic, as well as magazine and newspaper stories and articles; a mechanical engineer, he specialized in yacht designs and improvements, some still in use today;... More
Thomas Carlyle's close friend and literary executor belonged to the Oxford Movement and wrote controversial novels, but is mainly remembered for his 12-volume "History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada" and other histories. Closing portion of ALS, 4½" X 2¼", n.p., n.d...... More
This captain in the Royal Scots was multi-talented: amateur archaeologist, musician, composer, editor ("A Collection of Scotch, Galwegian and Border Tunes for Violin and Pianoforte," 1794). A close friend of the legendary Scottish poet Robert Burns, who once wrote of Riddell: "At their fire-side I have enjoyed more pleasant evenings... More