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Cowan, Frank

lawyer, journalist, author, was born Dec. 11, 1844, in Greensburg, Pa. He is a Pennsylvania lawyer and journalist, who has traveled extensively and who entered Corea before that country had made any treaties with foreign nations. He is the author of Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Zomara, a Romance of Spain; Southwestern Pennsylvania in Song and Story; The City of the Royal Palm, and Other Poems; A Visit in Verse to Honolulu; and Fact and Fancy in New Zealand.

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