Magee, Rufus
Entry updated 12 August 2018. Tagged: Author.
(1845-1929) US politician and author tentatively identified as having written The Battle of the Moy; Or, How Ireland Gained Her Independence 1892-1894 (1883), published anonymously in America and the UK. The novel depicts a Near Future European war, during the course of which Ireland gains her independence from Britain. The identification with Magee is based on bibliographical evidence from L W Currey. [JC]
Rufus Magee
born Logansport, Indiana: 17 October 1845
died Logansport, Indiana: 25 April 1929
works (selected; title below tentatively ascribed to this author)
- The Battle of the Moy; Or, How Ireland Gained Her Independence 1892-1894 (Boston, Massachusetts: Lee and Shepard/New York: Charles T Dillingham, 1883) anonymous [pb/nonpictorial]
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