John Crittenden Duval (1816–1897) was an American writer of Texas literature. He has been noted as being the first Texas man of letters[1] and was dubbed the "Father of Texas Literature" by J. Frank Dobie.[2] His Early Times in Texas was initially published serially in 1867 in Burke's Weekly (Macon, Georgia) and was finally published in book form in 1892. The story, which became a Texas classic, recounted Duval's escape from the Goliad Massacre, in which his brother, Burr H. Duval, was killed, as well as other tales.[1]

Another brother, Thomas Howard DuVal, was a distinguished Texas judge. Their father, William Pope Duval, was the Territorial Governor of Florida from 1822 to 1834.

References

Further reading

• Corner, William. John Crittenden Duval: The Last Survivor of the Goliad Massacre" in Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, v. 1, n. 1, pp. 47–67.
• Duval, J. C. (1892). Early Times In Texas. Austin, Texas: H. P. N. Gammel & Co. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

External links

• John C. Duval's Account of the Goliad Massacre
• John Crittenden Duval in the Handbook of Texas Online
• John Crittenden Duval at Find a Grave

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