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\mˈe͡ɪn ɹˈiːd], \mˈeɪn ɹˈiːd], \m_ˈeɪ_n ɹ_ˈiː_d]\
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An Irish novelist of adventure; born in Ballyroney, County Down, April 4, 1818; died near London, Oct. 22, 1883. He came to the United States in 1838, and traveled extensively North, East, South, and West. He became a captain in the Mexican War Later he went to London, where he published his many novels of adventure, including: "The Rifle-Rangers" (1850); "The Scalp-Hunters" (1851); "The Quadroon" (1855); "Osceola" (1858); "The Maroon" (1862); "Cliff-Climbers" (1864); "Afloat in the Forest" (1866); "The Castaways" (1870); and "Gwen-Wynne" (1877).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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