Timothy Shay Arthur

Timothy Shay Arthur ( born June 6 1809 in Newburgh, New York, † March 6, 1885 in Philadelphia ) was an American writer.

Arthur grew up in Baltimore and lived in Philadelphia since 1841. He was married to Eliza Alden since 1936; they had five children.

Arthur was one of the most prolific writers of the period before the American Civil War. Many of his works, including Ten nights in a bar -room, and what I saw there, support the American temperance movement. From 1852 he was editor of Arthur 's Home Magazine.

Works (selection)

• Six nights with the Washingtonians and other temperance tales ( 1842)
• Riches have wings; or, A tale for the rich and poor (1847 )
• Advice to young men on Their duties and conduct in life ( 1848)
• Golden grains from life 's harvest field ( 1850)
• Sketches of life and character ( 1850)
• Ten nights in a bar -room, and what I saw there (1854 )
• The good time coming (1855 )
• Friends and neighbors, or, Two ways of living in the world (1856 )
• The mother 's rule, or, The right way and the wrong way (1856 )
• The history of Kentucky: from its earliest settlement to the present time ( 1858)
• Hidden wings, and other stories (1864 )
• Sowing the wind and other stories (1864 )
• The history of Georgia: from its earliest settlement to the present time ( 1869)
• Orange blossoms, fresh and faded (1871 )
• Three years in a man -trap (1872 )
• Woman to the rescue, a story of the new crusade (1874 )
• Strong drink the curse and the cure (1877 )
• Off- hand sketches a little dashed with humor (1885 )