The Shadow in the Glass Author:August Derleth (From Acknowledgements) I have tried in this novel to offer an historically accurate portrait of Wisconsin's first Governor, Nelson Dewey, and, while the historical facts are as correct as is possible, I have found it necessary to telescope or alter their sequence very slightly for the sake of the novel's structure. The primary sources were the ... more »unpublished "Diary" of Nelson Dewey and a brief autobiographical statement left among his papers.« less