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Murat Halstead was a nineteenth century American journalist, editor and author.In his youth, Halstead worked on his family's farm during the spring and summer months and attended school during the late fall and winter. His mother taught Halstead how to read before he was four years old. It is said that as a boy he read such books as Plutarch’s Lives, Josephus, and Rollin’s Ancient History.