Southern Woman of Letters: The Correspondence of Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, 1859-1906

by Rebecca Grant Sexton

Augusta Jane Evans Wilson (1835-1909) was one of nineteenth-century America's most popular novelists and outspoken supporters of the Confederacy. Her nine novels include the recently reissued Beulah, the stridently pro-Confederate Macaria, and the extremely successful St. Elmo, which rivaled Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur in sales. In addition to writing best-selling books, Wilson was a powerful letter-writer whose correspondents included prominent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570034400
• ISBN13: 9781570034404
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 10.0"