Alice of Old Vincennes explained

Alice of Old Vincennes, written by Maurice Thompson in 1900, is a novel set in Vincennes during the American Revolutionary War.

Reception

The book was a popular best-seller. It was the tenth-highest best selling book in the United States in 1900, and the second best selling book in 1901 (bested only by The Crisis).^[1] It was listed as the best-selling book in the United States in six consecutive monthly issues of The Bookman, from January through June 1901 (tied with Eben Holden for two of those months).^[2]

References

• Book: Thompson , Maurice . Alice of Old Vincennes . Indianapolis . The Bowen-Merrill Company . 1900 .

External links

• Alice of Old Vincennes at Project Gutenberg

Notes and References

1. Book: Hackett, Alice Payne . Seventy years of best sellers, 1895-1965 . 96–97 . 1967.
2. January 1902 . Popular Fiction of 1901 . . 454–55 . 14.