George Savary Wasson

{{Short description|American writer and painter}}

George Savary Wasson (1855 – April 28, 1932) was an American novelist, painter and boat builder.

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Wasson was born in Groveland, Massachusetts on August 27, 1855. His father was David Atwood Wasson, a Transcendentalist pastor.{{cite news|last=Gathers|first=Greg|title=About Artist and Writer George Savary Wasson|url=http://www.seacoastnh.com/Arts/Book-of-the-Week/About-Artist-and-Writer-George-Savary-Wasson/|accessdate=May 2, 2012|newspaper=SeacoastNH.com}} He settled in Kittery Point, Maine in 1889, where he built a house. He had two sons, David Arnold (1887-1915) and Lewis Talcott (1889-1912). In 1916, Wasson moved to Bangor.{{cite news|last=Guay|first=Victoria|title=Folk art, antique thefts up as objects' values rise|url=http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071223/GJNEWS02/96943257/-1/CITNEWS06|newspaper=Fosters.com|date=December 23, 2007}}

Wasson wrote novels, which he illustrated. His novels captured the New England dialect used in southern Maine at the turn of the century.{{cite journal|last=Bennett|first=Jacob|title=George Savary Wasson's Approach to Dialect Writing|journal=American Speech |jstor=455202|date=Summer 1979|volume=54|issue=2|pages=90–101|doi=10.2307/455202}}