Southern Stories: Retold by St Nicholas

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I found this book when looking for images for my mood board for my characters. This book contains 15 short stories that were written between the times 1889-1907 in the South of North America. They are mostly fiction with some references to the civil war, slavery, general life in the south and political beliefs and movements at that time. I was also researching for my short story and this became really helpful when trying to describe the going's on, landscape and atmosphere. The descriptions are brilliantly written and poetic and were inspiration for the way I wrote my short story.

Below is an beautiful excerpt from the the story 'His Hero'. Written by Margaret Minor.

"It was an October afternoon, and through Indian summer's tulle-like haze a low-swinging sun sent shafts of scarlet light at the highest peaks of the Blue Ridge. The sweet-gum leaves looked like blood-colored stars as they floated slowly to the ground, and brown chestnuts gleamed satin-like through their gaping burs; while over all there rested a dense stillness, cut now and then by the sharp yelp of a dog as he scurried through the bushes after a rabbit."

Reference: Margaret Minor,(1889-1907) Southern Stories Retold from St Nicholas, New York, The De Vinne Press.