014422 Dietz Press Richmond 1953 First Edition Caruthers (1800-46) was a pre-civil war Virginian novelist and small town doctor who flunked out of his alma mater,whose magazine writing has been lost to time but who established himself as the father of Southern historical romance writing and who was responsible for the establishment of two significant traditions: 1) the legendary reputation of the 'F F V s' and 2) the sprightly memory of the Knights of the Golden Horse-Shoe. Near Fine in blue cloth in a Near Fine unchipped dust jacket. Thick 8vo. Dietz advert laid-in. 570pp $20.00USD
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