"Red Rock, A Chronicle of Reconstruction" by Thomas Nelson Page, with frontispiece by B. West Clinedinst, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, later printing of the 1st edition with ‘1909’ imprinted on the title page, copyright 1898 and Scribner’s colophon on the copyright page.

A novel of the period after the United States Civil War, during reconstruction.

Provenance:
From the library of Frederick B. Wiggins, the blind stamp is on the page #7.

Hard boards, original red cloth with white lettering on spine and front board [surface wear, slightly bumped edge of the front board, shelf and corner wear]; 5.1/4" x 7.3/4"; residue of the removed book plate inside front cover, 584 pages + publisher's 4-page list of the books by Thomas Nelson Page, a little soiling and a few page corner folds, very good condition.

Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922) was an American lawyer, politician, and writer. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy from 1913 to 1919 under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Thomas Nelson Page was one of the best-known writers of his day. The president Woodrow Wilson referred to him as a "national ornament."

In his writing, Page popularized Plantation tradition literature which was used to promote the Lost Cause myth across the New South. Page first got the public's attention with his story "Marse Chan" which was published in the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Page's most notable works include "The Burial of the Guns" and "In Ole Virginia."

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