TIMELINE

A Mississippi Writer Timeline

A Compendium of Births, Deaths, Publications, Awards, and Other Events in Mississippi’s Literary History

Note: In most cases, timeline entries are added as articles on individual authors are added to this web site. The hyperlinks listed below connect to biographical and critical articles about that author. Articles on individual writers will continue to be added in the coming months. If an author’s name does not appear on this timeline or if it appears but is not a hyperlink, the article for that author has not yet been added to the database. Please try again later.

1850

 [Books] Publications:
  • The Creole: Or, Siege of New Orleans: A Historical Romance: Founded on the Events of 1814-15, a novel by Joseph Beckham Cobb (A. Hart)
  • Odd Leaves from the Life of a Louisiana "Swamp Doctor," by Henry Clay Lewis under the pseudonym "Madison Tensas" (A. Hart)

[Death] August 5: Henry Clay Lewis dies by drowning in a swamp in northeast Louisiana.

1851

 [Books] Publications:
  • Mississippi Scenes: Or, Sketches of Southern and Western Life and Adventure, Humorous, Satirical, and Descriptive, Including the Legend of Black Creek, stories and sketches by Joseph Beckham Cobb (A. Hart).
  • The Siege of Monterey, by William Clark Falkner.
  • The Spanish Heroine, by William Clark Falkner (I. Hart).

1852

1853

 [Books] Publications:
  • The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi: A Series of Sketches, by Joseph Glover Baldwin (D. Appleton and Co.)

[Birth] June 3: Poet Irwin Russell was born in Port Gibson, Mississippi.

1854

1855

 [Books] Publications:
  • Party Leaders: Sketches of Thomas Jefferson, Alex'r Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John Randolph, of Roanoke: Including Notices of Many Other Distinguished American Statesmen, by Joseph Glover Baldwin (D. Appleton and Co.)

1856

1857

1858

 [Books] Publications:
  • Leisure Labors: Or, Miscellanies, Historical, Literary, and Political, essays by Joseph Beckham Cobb (A. Hart)

[Death] September: Joseph Beckham Cobb dies at the age of thirty-nine.

1859
 

Mississippi Writers Page Links
About This Site | New Book Info | News & Events | Literary Landmarks | Mississippi Literary History | Mississippi Publishing | Other Features | Other Web Resources

WRITER LISTINGS:
by author | by title | by place | by year | by genre

SEARCH THE MISSISSIPPI WRITERS PAGE

Ole Miss Links
UM Home Page | English Department | Center for the Study of Southern Culture | The University of Mississippi Foundation

This page has been accessed 960 times. About this page counter.

Last Revised on Monday, November 9, 2015, at 04:37:12 PM CST .
Send comments to mwp@olemiss.edu

Web Design by John B. Padgett.
Copyright © 2015 The University of Mississippi English Department.