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George Eggleston

What Happened at Quasi: The Story of a Carolina CruiseWhat Happened at Quasi: The Story of a Carolina Cruise I INTERSTATE CHUMMING It was hot in Charleston – intensely hot – with not a breath of air in motion anywhere. The glossy leaves of the magnolia trees in the grounds that surrounded the Rut...

The Last of the FlatboatsThe Last of the Flatboats A Story of the Mississippi and Its Interesting Family of Rivers Preface Vevay, from which “The Last of the Flatboats” starts on its voyage down the Mississippi, is a beautiful little Indiana town on the Ohio River, about midway between Cincinnati...

A Man of HonorEggleston George Cary A Man of Honor PREFACE I have long been curious to know whether or not I could write a pretty good story, and now that the publishers are about to send the usual press copies of this book to the critics I am in a fair way to have my curiosity on that point sati...

Evelyn ByrdGeorge Cary Eggleston Evelyn Byrd Preface THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances. In that trilogy I have endeavoured to show forth the character of the Virginians – men and women.In “Dorothy South” I tried to show what the Virginians were while the old life lasted – “...

The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct. Volume 2 of 2George Cary Eggleston The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume II (of 2) A Narrative and Critical History CHAPTER XXXI The Struggle for Emancipation In the meantime great events were occurri...

A Rebel's Recollections George Cary Eggleston A Rebel's Recollections PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION"A Rebel's Recollections" was published in 1874. It has ever since enjoyed a degree of public favor that is perhaps beyond its merits. However that may be, my friends among the historians and the c...

Camp Venture: A Story of the Virginia MountainsGeorge Cary Eggleston Camp Venture: A Story of the Virginia Mountains CHAPTER I On the Mountain Side "I'm tired, and the other pack mules are tired, and from the way you move I imagine that the rest of you donkeys are tired!" called out Jack Ridsdale...

The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct. Volume 1 of 2George Cary Eggleston The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume I (of 2) / A Narrative and Critical History PART I THE CAUSES OF THE WAR INTRODUCTION The Magnitude of the Confederate War Duri...

The Wreck of the Red Bird: A Story of the Carolina CoastEggleston George Cary The Wreck of the Red Bird: A Story of the Carolina Coast CHAPTER I MAUM SALLY'S MANNERS "Bress my heart, honey, wha'd you come from?"It was old "Maum" Sally who uttered this exclamation as she came out of her kitchen, d...

The Master of Warlock: A Virginia War StoryEggleston George Cary The Master of Warlock: A Virginia War Story I A break in the bridge The road was a winding, twisting track as it threaded its way through a stretch of old field pines. The land was nearly level at that point, and quite unobstructed,...