Davis, Rebecca Harding

An American author of great repute, Richard Harding Davis (1864 - 1961) was famous as a war - correspondent and for his adventure - seeking nature. Davis brilliantly covered the Spanish - American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writings were informed by his famous travels throughout Central America, Rhodesia, and South Africa. Davis worked as a reporter for the New York Herald, The Times, and Scribner's Magazine. ;

American short-story writer, essayist and novelist. Davis is considered to be the pioneer of Realism in American literature. She is remembered for her criticism of industrial capitalism and revelation of its harsher side in her writings.;