Timeline
Lifetime:
1830 -
1902
Passed: ≈
122 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
John Bell Bouton
Books by John Bell Bouton
Round the Block
Comedy
Fiction
Humour
Novel
Mystery
Romance
Comedy
New York City
Invention
Speculation
Pathos
Mid-19th century
Murder trial
Flimflam
Round the Block is a richly-charactered novel that offers a fascinating slice of life in bustling New York City shortly before the Civil War. With Dickensian brio, John Bell Bouton explores the schemes and dreams of the average and extraordinary peop...