Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's "Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in the First Half Century of the Republic" has long been considered the first important work of "Old Southwestern" humor and more lately has been recognized as a seminal example of literary realism. Despite its popularity and significance, Georgia Scenes has been flawed from the outset. Longstreet did not proofread the first edition, which introduced literally hundreds of misprints. In this collection, David Rachels corrects these errors, adds nine previously uncollected "Georgia Scenes" to Longstreet's original set of...
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's "Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in the First Half Century of the Republic" has long been considered the fir...
Nineteen tales from an early collection of Southern humor, first published in newspapers in the 1830s, portray the clash between rural and village life and between ordinary people and genteel society.
Nineteen tales from an early collection of Southern humor, first published in newspapers in the 1830s, portray the clash between rural and village lif...
