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William Franklin Gore Shanks (1837–1905)
Shanks, William Franklin Gore. An American journalist and author; born in Shelbyville, KY, April 20, 1837; died in 1905. He was war correspondent for the New York Herald (1861–65); subsequently joined the New York Tribune, and was imprisoned for refusing to divulge the name of a writer of an article in the paper. Besides his contributions to periodicals, he published: ‘Recollections of Distinguished Generals’ (1865); ‘Bench and Bar’ (1868); and a play, ‘A Noble Treason’ (1876).