Odd Leaves from the Life of a Louisiana Swamp Doctor

by Henry Clay Lewis and Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Book Overview

Henry Clay Lewis (1825-1850) was one of the leading southern humorists of the nineteenth century. Born in South Carolina, he grew up in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and attended medical school in Louisville, Kentucky. After graduation Dr. Lewis practiced in a backwoods Louisiana community on the Tensas River, where he treated masters and their slaves on plantations as well as hunters and squatters in the swamps.

Odd Leaves from the Life of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807121673
• ISBN13: 9780807121672
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"