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Joseph Kirkland
Joseph Kirkland (January 7, 1830 - April 29, 1894) was an American novelist. Born in Geneva, New York, to educator, William Kirkland and author, Caroline Kirkland, he was a businessman in Chicago, then served in the Union Army during the Civil War, reaching the rank of major. He resigned his Union Army commission and moved to Tilton, Illinois, where he married Theodosia B. Wilkinson in 1863. In 1864 he founded the Midwestern literary periodical, ''Prairie Chicken''.〔Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume One: The Authors, Philip A. Greasley, General Editor, Indiana University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-253-33609-0〕 After the war he became a lawyer while also pursuing writing. He is best remembered as the author of two realistic novels of pioneer life in the Far West, ''Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County (1887)'' and ''The McVeys''. Other works are ''The Captain of Company K'' and ''The Story of Chicago''. He was also the literary editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''. Kirkland died in Chicago at the age of 64.
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