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This book is first of all a personal narrative that is alternately dramatic, thoughtful, and hilariously funny. It is also a vivid picture of plantation life before and during the Civil War and the beginnings of the building of a New South. Originally published in 1949. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Collection includes correspondence of Barringer and his daughter Anna Maria Barringer, typescript and galley proof of The natural bent, by Barringer, material regarding Rufus Barringer, and photographs of Charlottesville, including scenes of the rebuilding of the Rotunda, and of William Jennings Bryan at the University of Virginia. Correspondents include Edwin Anderson Alderman, Viscountess Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Carter Glass, William Crawford Gorgas, James Hay, Andrew Jackson Montague, Theodore Roosevelt, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Josiah Strong, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Woodrow Wilson, Charles Dudley Warner, & John Sharp Williams.
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Volume of reminiscences part of which deals with the University of Virginia Medical School.