Editorial work William T. Porter
title page of october 1839 edition of american turf register, edited porter. porter served arbiter of disputes sports rules , sports betting. porter encouraged new authors south , west write in newspaper , helped them books published. edited 2 collections of short stories frontier, big bear of arkansas in 1846 , quarter race in kentucky , other sketches in 1847. besides sporting interests, spirit involved in emergence of american literature, tall tale form of humor. porter encouraged southwestern authors write , publish short stories in spirit, , involved in getting works published in book form. editor 2 of these collections: big bear of arkansas, published in 1846, , quarter race in kentucky , other sketches, published in 1847. porter instrumental in encouraging career of johnson hooper. writer contributed spirit henry william herbert, wrote under pen name frank forester . the panic of 1837 hurt spirit s circulation, porter responded buying out main competition, american turf regis...