Building on previous scholarship, and drawing on fresh sources, Dr. Vickers biography of T. S. Stribling makes accessible one of the most important, and hitherto neglected, figures in our national literature. The reader will find that here, at last, is a Stribling biography anchored in fact and uncluttered by personal bias. Howard Bahr, Author, The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War
Kenneth Vickers has produced a remarkable book, one long overdue. I know of no other work that even approaches its thoroughness and accuracy. The author has captured the essence of T. S. Stribling:...