Thomas Bangs Thorpe - Wikipedia Thomas Bangs Thorpe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Thomas Bangs Thorpe, between 1855 and 1865 Thomas Bangs Thorpe (1815–1878) was an American antebellum humorist, painter, illustrator, and author. He is best known for the short story "The Big Bear of Arkansas", which was first published in the periodical Spirit of the Times in 1841.[1][2][3][4][5] Thorpe's 1854 anti-slavery novel The Master's House focuses on a young man from North Carolina who was educated at a college in New England, then moved to Louisiana with his slaves and established a plantation there. The novel is important for its depiction of slave-trading and its mild, but persuasive, critique of slavery. He attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut from 1834 until 1837, and while at college gave evidence of artistic and literary talent. Thorpe's struggles with illness, however, prevented him from graduating.[6][7][8] Contents 1 Work 2 Notes 3 Further reading 4 External links Work[edit] Thorpe is known for his perception of nature. His best-known short stories are “Tom Owen, The Bee Keeper” and “The Big Bear of Arkansas”, inspired by the natural scenery of the Southwest. Thorpe created these works with the natural setting of the Southwest in his mind. Thorpe made it his mission to showcase the scenery through his stories. Thorpe used natural imagery and defended the well-being of life in the wild. Many of his pieces are named after animals. He did not support the way animals were used by sportsmen. One example of this is in “Wild-cat Hunting”. In this text he describes how sportsmen are not hunters and that they tormented the wild cats in the text by trapping them, shooting them from safety and make them fight dogs.[9] Notes[edit] ^ "Thomas Bangs Thorpe". virginia.edu. Retrieved 14 April 2015. ^ "Thomas Bangs Thorpe". wsu.edu. Retrieved 14 April 2015. ^ "Thomas Bangs Thorpe, 1815-1878 The Hive of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, and Rural Sports". unc.edu. Retrieved 14 April 2015. ^ "Thomas Bangs Thorpe". harpers.org. Retrieved 14 April 2015. ^ "Thomas Bangs Thorpe Auction Results - Thomas Bangs Thorpe on artnet". artnet.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015. ^ Knight, Denise D. (2003). Writers of the American Renaissance. ISBN 9780313321405. Retrieved 14 April 2015. ^ "Charleston Renaissance Gallery". Retrieved 14 April 2015. ^ Cohen, Hennig; Dillingham, William B. (1994). Humor of the Old Southwest. ISBN 9780820316055. Retrieved 14 April 2015. ^ Littlefield, Daniel F. (1979). "Thomas Bangs Thorpe and the Passing of the Southwestern Wilderness". The Southern Literary Journal. 11 (2): 56–65. ISSN 0038-4291. JSTOR 20077614. Further reading[edit] Thorpe, Thomas Bangs (1846). The Mysteries of the Backwoods. Rickels, Milton (1962). Thomas Bangs Thorpe: humorist of the Old Southwest. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Thomas Bangs Thorpe. Dictionary of Literary Biography. BookRags. Retrieved 3 January 2009. External links[edit] Works by or about Thomas Bangs Thorpe at Internet Archive Works by Thomas Bangs Thorpe at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Authority control GND: 1145973868 ISNI: 0000 0000 8419 1895 LCCN: n88624334 NLI: 004608703 SNAC: w6w106g0 SUDOC: 109359534 VIAF: 4047021 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n88624334 This article about an American short story writer is a stub. 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