Joseph Kirkland
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Joseph Kirkland (January 7, 1830 - April 28, 1894), novelist, born in New York State, was a lawyer in Chicago, then served in the war. He is remembered as the author of two very vivid and life-like novels of pioneer life in the Far West, Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County and The McVeys. Other works are The Captain of Company K and The Story of Chicago.
This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
