Joseph Clay Neil: The American Charles Dickens

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #030: Joseph Clay Neal, Louis Antoine Godey, & Morton McMichael: The Saturday Courier, part 1

Joseph Clay Neal, whom many called “the American Dickens,” started his writing career with an evening newspaper The Daily Courier and ended up fostering the career of a teenage girl who became one of the primary woman authors of the 19^th century.