Frederick William Thomas (writer)
- Frederick William Thomas (writer)
Frederick William Thomas (born in Providence, Rhode Island, 1806, died in Washington, D.C., 1866) was an American writer. His works include " The Emigrant, Or, Reflections While Descending the Ohio" (1832), a book of poetry about the Ohio River region; "Clinton Bradshaw; or, The Adventures of a Lawyer" (1835) (famous for its courtroom scene); "East and West" (1836), set in western Pennsylvania; and "Howard Pinckney" (1840), a detective story. He maintained a correspondence with Edgar Allan Poe and became his closest confidante. [Meyers, Jeffrey. "Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy". New York: Cooper Square Press, 1992. ISBN 0684193701. p. 128]
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