Ticknor

Note 52: The Voyage of the Peacock: A Journal by Benjamin Ticknor, Naval Surgeon, ed.

The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005

Hodges, Nan, ed. The Voyage of the Peacock: A Journal by Benjamin Ticknor, Naval Surgeon.

The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005

51 Such attacks were apparently so common that when Benjamin Ticknor, a U.S. naval surgeon, visited Canton in 1831, he hoped for and fully expected one to occur: “I was disappointed in not meeting with rough treatment from the Chinese; for I had been frequently told that foreigners rarely escaped abusive treatment.”

The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005

In a lot of interviews I'm asked to speculate on Ticknor in this way, as though he is something separate from myself, someone I know, that I can talk about objectively.

Writing and Publishing 2010

In an interview at Condalmo with Sheila Heti, author of the underappreciated novel Ticknor, Heti says this about "character":

Writing and Publishing 2010

Funny enough, the cover designer chose an image of the Park Street church in Boston that would have roughly been the view from the window of the offices of Ticknor

Matthew Pearl Discusses His First Novel, The Dante Club 2010

Car salesman Tim Ticknor of Reno suffered an income drop from nearly $100,000 during boom years to $30,000 last year and even further this year when his dealership went bankrupt.

Poverty at 15.1%; its highest level since 1993 2011

Ticknor had a different but equally daunting reaction to the manuscript of Moods.

Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

He wrote his friend Howard Ticknor asking him to keep an eye on the possibility of the Alcotts being forced to move again.

Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

He had gone to work as a clerk for the Old Corner Bookstore when he was fourteen, and by the time Louisa went to see him, he was a partner in the publishing venture Ticknor & Fields.

Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010