1859, he published Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom. He died in New York and was buried in Southbury, Connecticut where he lived for a short time. His funeral was widely attended by a vast concourse of persons. Two hundred Sunday School children headed the procession to the cemetery. The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds a collection of his papers. Legacy Goodrich's land in Jamaica Plain was subdivided into residential streets, among them Peter Parley Road, Parley Avenue and Parley Vale. There is a street called Peter Parley Row in Berlin, CT, presumably honoring the author's Connecticut birthplace. There are two streets bearing his name in Ridgefield, CT, Parley Road and Parley Lane. James Joyce mentions the name of Peter Parley in his novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at the end of chapter I. One room Schoolhouse in Ridgefield, CT, was named after Peter Parley. George du Maurier mentions "Peter Parleys Natural History" in his first novel "Peter Ibbetson" (Part One). Emily Dickinson mentions "Peter Parley" in one of her poems. ("Hurrah for Peter Parley! Hurrah for Daniel Boone! Three cheers, sir, for the gentleman Who first observed the moon!") James Abbott McNeill Whistler refers dismissively to Peter Parley in his book The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. References Further reading Samuel Griswold Goodrich. Recollections of a Lifetime: or Men and Things I Have Seen. 1857. vol.1; vol.2 External links Samuel G. Goodrich Collection, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Samuel Goodrich; alias Peter Parley - Jamaica Plain Historical Society article Literary Activities Of Samuel G. Goodrich - Pat Pflieger The Young American: Or, Book of Government and Law; Showing Their History, Nature, and Necessity. For the Use of Schools, by S. G. Goodrich 1793 births 1860 deaths 19th-century American people American male writers Politicians from Boston People from Ridgefield, Connecticut Massachusetts state senators Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians People from Jamaica Plain