In Ole Virginia, or, Marse Chan and Other Stories

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x2. Flagg, James Montgomery. Third edition (BAL 15431), after the 1887 Scribner original and the 1889 London edition. Ink name and crossed out ink gift note on front endpaper, light spots on spine. 1890 Hard Cover. 239, [1] pp. Green cloth, cameo decoration on front board, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt. Author's first book, comprised of stories of the American South with some associated dialect. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. His 1887 collection of short stories, In Ole Virginia, is Page's quintessential work, providing a depiction of the Antebellum South. Criticism of Page's works runs the gamut, largely based upon whether the critic holds traditionalist or revisionist viewpoints of the antebellum South, War, and Reconstruction years. His most well-known short-story from that collection was 'Marse Chan'. 'Marse Chan' was popularized because of Page's ability to capture southern dialect.