The River's Children an Idyl of the Mississippi
New York: The Century Co., 1904. First Edition. Octavo. Item #019596
. 179pp., illustrated by Barry C. Edwards, some interspersed black dialect within the text. Mary Routh McEnery Stuart, working under the name Ruth McEnery Stuart, wrote a body of fiction and poetry based on the experiences she had in Arkansas, modeling characters, dialect, and even a fictional town on her interactions within the state. She was, both financially and critically, one of the most successful fiction writers of her time, and in recent years has been studied by feminist and social literary critics. This title is about the people along the Mississippi, New Orleans, the plantations and the people who worked the fields. Bound in green pictorial gilt cloth, spine lettering gilt, book has a slight slant, previous owner's name in pencil. A very good copy.
Price: $60.00