GABRIEL FERRY
\ɡˈabɹiːə͡l fˈɛɹi], \ɡˈabɹiːəl fˈɛɹi], \ɡ_ˈa_b_ɹ_iː__əl f_ˈɛ_ɹ_i]\
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the Elder, pseudonym of Eugene Louis Gabriel Ferry de Bellemare. A French story-teller (1809-52). His stories appeared first serially in the Revue des Deux Mondes. He made repeated voyages to America: in his last voyage, to California, he lost his life in the burning at sea of the ship Amazon. Among his tales are: "The Woodranger"; "Hunting with Cossacks"; "Costal the Indian"; "Scenes of Military Life in Mexico"; "The Squatters".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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