1913 mobile AL augusta evans wilson biogrphy T C DeLeon 1st edition thus ALABAMA

Description: STO SEE MY MANY OTHER ALABAMA COLLECTIBLES FOR SALE, please click on the link above to my eBay store ("Seller's Other Items") and then do a search for "Alabama" or "Mobile" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FREE SHIPPING = AS USUAL DEVOTA or De VOTA by Augusta Evans Wilson, with the added section: BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES OF AUGUSTA EVANS WILSONby T. C. DeLeonNew York City: G. W. Dillingham Company, (1913); with 122 pages devoted to this 2nd printing of the novel; but as an added attraction - printed here for the first time - are pages 122-197 (a total of 75 new pages here printed for the first time), devoted to DeLeon's respectful biography of Augusta Evans Wilson, printed in this special 1913 edition of her last novel DEVOTA (originally published 1907), 4 years after she passed away. COMPLETE WITH FRONTISPIECEAn old resident of Mobile, DeLeon had known her for decades. This is the first "full length" biography of this once world famous Mobile novelist (whose other books included St. Elmo and the Confederate-published novel, Macaria).It's much easier to find the 1st edition of DEVOTA than it is to find this 2nd edition with the newly added biography of the author, written by the famed IN TALL COTTON author DeLeon.Finished size is 5 x 8 1/2 inches = opens up to 10 x 8 1/2 inches for reading. Lacks dust jacket, original owner's name penciled lightly to blank front free endpapers; else VGAbout Augusta Evans Wilson:Augusta Jane Evans, or Augusta Evans Wilson (May 8, 1835 – May 9, 1909), was an American author of Southern literature. She was the first woman to earn US$100,000 through her writing. Wilson was a native of Columbus, Georgia, and her first book, Inez, a Tale of the Alamo, was written when she was still young. It was published by Harpers, but met with indifferent success. Her second book, Beulah, was issued in 1859 and became at once popular, still selling well when the American Civil War broke out. Cut off from the world of publishers, and intensely concerned for the cause of secession, she wrote nothing more until several years later when she published her third story, Macaria, dedicated to the soldiers of the Southern Army. This book was burned by some protesters. After the war closed, Wilson travelled to New York with the copy of St. Elmo, which was speedily published and met with great success. Her later works, Vashti; Infelice; and At the Mercy of Tiberius had phenomenal success. In 1868, she married Lorenzo Madison Wilson, of Alabama, and they resided at Spring Hill. She was born Augusta Jane Evans on May 8, 1835, in Columbus, Georgia, the eldest child of the family. The area of her birth was then known as Wynnton. Her mother was Sarah S. Howard and her father was Matthew R. Evans. She was a descendant on her mother's side from the Howards, one of the most cultured families of Georgia. As a young girl in 19th-century America, she received little in the way of a formal education. However, she became a voracious reader at an early age. Her father suffered bankruptcy and lost the family's Sherwood Hall property in the 1840s. He moved his family of ten from Georgia for Alabama, and scarcely ten when they moved to San Antonio, Texas, in 1845. When the Mexican–American War had ended, and everything was in a disorganized condition, consequently there were no schools of any prominence. Had her mother not been cultivated and literary, Evans could never have obtained the education which fitted her for the work she later accomplished. During the Mexican war, San Antonio was the rendezvous for the United States troops sent to assist General Zachary Taylor, and the brilliant uniforms of the soldiery, the martial music, and the exciting events that accompany war, combined with the picturesque, enchanting scenery around San Antonio, furnished an excellent theme for Evans' first novel. In 1850, at the age of fifteen, she wrote Inez: A Tale of the Alamo, a sentimental, moralistic, anti-Catholic love story. It told the story of one orphan's spiritual journey from religious skepticism to devout faith. She presented the manuscript to her father as a Christmas gift in 1854. It was published anonymously in 1855. However, life in a frontier border town like San Antonio proved dangerous, especially with the Mexican–American War. By 1849, Evans' parents moved the family to Mobile, Alabama. She wrote her next novel, Beulah, at age 18; it was published in 1859. Beulah began the theme of female education in her novels. It sold well, selling over 22,000 copies during its first year of publication, a staggering accomplishment. It established her as Alabama's first professional author. Her family used the proceeds from her literary success to purchase Georgia Cottage on Springhill Avenue._____________________________________________________________________________ (the fine print ... [sigh] ... but please read :-) WE REGRET WE DON'T SHIP OUT OF USA; SORRY, BUT NO EXCEPTIONS. FREE SHIPPING via carefully packed, cardboard, bubblewrap & plastic-protected media mail, sent with postal service tracking #Buyer May opt in (for an extra charge of $9.00) for faster Priority Mail provided they pay the extra charge when checking out. eBay will NOT let me upgrade the shipping if you don't pay the extra $9.00 just before final checkout.I ship twice a week so turnover time or handling time is 3 business days (Mon-Fri) max - often less than that. PAYPAL IS THE MUCH PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT. 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