Jones, J B
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1810-1866) US author best known for non-fantastic novels like Wild Western Scenes [for subtitle see Checklist] (1841 Baltimore Saturday Visitor; 1841), which did much to establish the literary legend of Daniel Boone (1734-1820), in part through the incorporation of some Tall Tales [see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below] into the narrative. His sf novel, The Border War: A Tale of Disunion (1859; vt Wild Southern Scenes: A Tale of Disunion! and Border War! 1859; vt Secession, Coercion, and Civil War: The Story of 1861 1861) was a Near Future tale in which the American Civil War is luridly foreseen and depicted from a pro-Slavery standpoint. [JC]
John Beauchamp Jones
born Baltimore, Maryland: 6 March 1810
died Burlington, New Jersey: 4 February 1866
works
- Wild Western Scenes: A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Forty Years Ago; Wherein the Conduct of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer, is Particularly Described. Also: Minute Accounts are Given of Bear Hunts Deer and Buffalo Hunts – Desperate Conflicts with the Savages – Wolf Hunts – Fishing and Fowling Adventures – Encounters with Serpents, Etc. Etc. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: E Ferrett and Co, 1841) [hb/]
- The Border War: A Tale of Disunion (New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1859) [hb/]
- Wild Southern Scenes: A Tale of Disunion! and Border War! (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: T B Peterson and Brothers, 1859) [vt of the above: hb/]
- Secession, Coercion, and Civil War: The Story of 1861 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: T B Peterson and Brothers, 1861) [vt of the above: hb/]
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