https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/william-hill-brown-wrote-first-american-novel-which-launched-literary-mystery/
Mar 24, 2025 - William Hill Brown wrote a steamy (for the time) novel in 1789. But he did it anonymously, and it took a century to acknowledge him as the first U.S. novelist.
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