Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs: Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers: Together With "Taking the Census," and Other Alabama Sketches

by Johnson Jones Hooper

Hooper's picaresque novel follows the misadventures of Captain Simon Suggs, a charming but crooked con artist in antebellum Alabama. Through a series of comic episodes and tall tales, Suggs manages to scam his way through life, all while evading the law and the disapproval of his upstanding neighbors. This book is a classic of Southern humor and a slice of life in a bygone era.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1020102594
• ISBN13: 9781020102592
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Legare Street Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"