1937 Harry Stillwell Edwards "Sons and Fathers" SIGNED Author Eneas Africanus

Description: Offered: SIGNED limited edition #557/1000 commemorating the authors 82nd birthday "Sons and Fathers' originally published 1896 by Harry Stillwell Edwards (1857-1938). Blue cloth boards, gilt fiddle with ribbon front board, gilt title on spine, old owners address on illustrated front end paper, interior clean of markings, tight binding 486 pp. good plus condition. **Author and journalist Harry Stillwell Edwards was born in Macon, Georgia. His formal education cut short by the Civil War, but he read extensively in the Library of Congress while working as a clerk in the U.S. Treasury. He returned home to Macon in 1874, studied law and was admitted to the bar, but never actively practiced because of his desire to write. His first short story, 'Elder Brown's Backslide,' appeared in Harper's Monthly in 1886. Numerous other stories followed; these stories were eventually collected and published in book form. His first novel, Sons and Fathers (a mystery), was written in 1895. Another popular mystery, Marbeau Cousins, was published soon afterwards. Meanwhile, Edwards had become owner and editor of the Macon Telegraph, where he published a regular column called 'What Comes Down My Creek.' This column was very popular and he continued publishing it for the rest of his life. But Edwards' most popular work was a story called 'Eneas Africanus,' which first appeared in the Macon Evening News (of which he was also part owner and co-editor). Eneas Africanus was subsequently published as a book and has sold over three million copies. Edwards remained a well-liked public figure both at home and on the lecture circuit. He died in Macon October 22, 1938. His rustic home, Kingfisher Cabin, was later restored and placed on the grounds of Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon."

Price: 37 USD

Location: Jasper, Georgia

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