J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur (1735–1813)
Author of Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America (Penguin Classics)
About the Author
Image credit: From Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur's Lettres d’un cultivateur américain, Paris : Cuchet, 1784.
Works by J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America (Penguin Classics) (1782) 482 copies, 5 reviews
Letters from an American Farmer; and, Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America (1981) 359 copies, 1 review
More letters from the American farmer : an edition of the essays in English left unpublished by Crèvecoeur (1925) 9 copies
Voyage dans la Haute Pensylvanie et dans l'État de New-York depuis l'année 1785 jusqu'en 1798 une géographie de… (2002) 2 copies
Immigrants, The 1 copy
Associated Works
The Debate on the Constitution, Part Two: January 1788 to August 1788 (1993) — Contributor — 714 copies, 2 reviews
The American Revolution, Writings from the War of Independence (2001) — Contributor — 665 copies, 4 reviews
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 259 copies
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contributor — 92 copies
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition (2003) — Contributor — 69 copies, 1 review
American Literature: The Makers and the Making (In Two Volumes) (1973) — Contributor, some editions — 24 copies
The Tavern Lamps Are Burning: Literary Journeys through Six Regions and Four Centuries of New York State (1964) — Contributor — 21 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Crèvecœur, Michel Guillaume Jean de
- Other names
- St. John, John Hector
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Crevecoeur, J. Hector St. John de - Birthdate
- 1735-12-31
- Date of death
- 1813-11-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France (birth)
USA - Birthplace
- Caen, Normandy, France
- Place of death
- Sarcelles, Val d'Oise, France
- Places of residence
- Orange County, New York, USA
London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA - Occupations
- surveyor
soldier
farmer
essayist - Organizations
- French Colonial Militia
Society of the Friends of the Blacks - Awards and honors
- St. Johnsbury, Vermont, USA (named for him)
- Short biography
- St. John de Crèvecoeur was born a French aristocrat. He served in the French army in Canada, and then emigrated to the USA, where he partly anglicized his name. He became famous by writing works aimed at Europeans that celebrated life in America and the opportunities available. He's the namesake of the town of St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
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