MATURIN MURRAY BALLOU
\mət͡ʃˈʊ͡əɹɪn mˈʌɹe͡ɪ bˈaluː], \mətʃˈʊəɹɪn mˈʌɹeɪ bˈaluː], \m_ə_tʃ_ˈʊə_ɹ_ɪ_n m_ˈʌ_ɹ_eɪ b_ˈa_l_uː]\
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An American journalist and miscellaneous writer, son of Hosea Ballou; born at Boston, April 14, 1820; died 1895. Besides editing Ballou's Pictorial, The Flag of Our Union, Ballou's Monthly, etc., and making a valuable compilation of quotations, he wrote: "History of Cuba" (1854); "Biography of Hosea Ballou"; "Life Work of Hosea Ballou". Becoming in later life an extensive traveler, he wrote a number of books of travel, including: "Due West": "Due South" (1885); "Due North"; "Under the Southern Cross"; "Footprints of Travel"; etc. In 1872 he became one of the founders and the editor-in-chief of the Boston Globe.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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