White Conquest

by William Hepworth Dixon

La conquAate blanche, voyage aux A0/00tats-Unis d'AmA(c)rique / Hepworth Dixon; trad. de l'anglais... par Hipp. Vattemare...
Date de l'A(c)dition originale: 1877
Sujet de l'ouvrage: A0/00tats-Unis -- Descriptions et voyages -- 19e siA]cle

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First published September 1, 2014

About the author

William Hepworth Dixon (1821 - 1879), historian and traveller, born near Manchester, went to London in 1846, and became connected with the Daily News, for which he wrote articles on social and prison reform.

In 1850, he published John Howard and the Prison World of Europe, which had a wide circulation, and about the same time he wrote a Life of Peace (1851), in answer to Macaulay's onslaught. Lives of Admiral Blake and Lord Bacon followed, which received somewhat severe criticisms at the hands of competent authorities. Dixon was editor of The Athenaeum, 1853-69, and wrote many books of travel, including The Holy Land (1865), New America (1867), and Free Russia (1870).

His later historical works include Her Majesty's Tower, and The History of Two Queens (Catherine of Arragon and Anne Boleyn). Though a diligent student of original authorities, and sometimes successful in throwing fresh light on his subjects, Dixon was not always accurate, and thus laid himself open to criticism; and his book, Spiritual Wives, treating of Mormonism, was so adversely criticised as to lead to an action. He wrote, however, in a fresh and interesting style.
He was one of the founders of the Palestine Exploration Fund, and was a member of the first School Board for London (1870). He was called to the Bar in 1854, but never practised.
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