"A Cumberland Vendetta and Other Stories", by John Fox, published by Harper and Brothers. New York 1896. First Edition with '1886' on the title page, copyright 1895 by Harper. First novel by this author of northern adventures; illustrated.

Hard boards, original green cloth, gilt lettering and cover decoration in black [a little surface wear]; 5" x 7.1/2"; stamp of John Griff Edwards on the front endpaper and 'illustrations' page; frontispiece, 221 pages, + 4 plates on glossy paper + 2 page publisher's ad, c. 20 pages have slightly bumped upper corner, a little soiling, some foxing to plates and pages next to the plates, very good condition.

Contents: A Mountain Europa. A Cumberland Vendetta. The Last Stetson. Hell Fer Sartain.

Provenance:
From the library of John Griff Edwards, Portsmouth, Virginia.

John Griff Edwards (1870-1912) belonged to the old established settler family in Virginia. His father and uncles served in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. The grandfather, LeRoy Griffin Edwards (1804-1866), was the president of the Confederate Convention of 1864. John's wife, Mrs. J. Griff Edwards founded and led the first of the United Confederate Choirs of America (1907). After that she was elected the 'Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Choirs.' In 1911 she published a volume titled "Echoes From Dixie A Collection of Songs Used in the South.'

"A Cumberland Vendetta" is set in the rural mountain area of Kentucky. This action story grasps the strong character the mountain people. The story begins "The cave had been their hiding-place as children; it was a secret refuge now against hunger or darkness when they were hunting in the woods. The primitive meal was finished; ashes were raked over the red coals; the slice of bacon and the little bag of meal were hung high against the rock wall; and the two stepped from the cavern into a thicket of rhododendrons."

John Fox Jr. (1862-1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer. Fox was born in Kentucky, educated at Harvard, and became a journalist in New York. Many of his works are in a naturalist style while others are dramas, adventures, or historical romances.

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