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William Dunlap, worked in New York City as an artist, dramatist, and theater manager. His diverse works include The Father (1789; a comic play, later published as The Father of an Only Child), Life of George Frederick Cooke (1813), Life of Charles Brockden Brown, The American Theatre (1832), History of the Arts of Design in the United States (1834), and Thirty Years Ago; or the Memoirs of a Water Drinker (1836; a novel).

Works in the EAF Collection

Thirty Years Ago; or, The Memoirs of a Water Drinker (1836) [Volume 1] [Volume 2] (Restricted)

Contemporary Biographies

From Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors (1901)

From Samuel Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1900)

From Evert A. Duyckinck, Cyclopaedia of American Literature (1856)