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Fox, John, Jr. THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-422 [423-424: blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by F. C. Yohn, publisher's decorated red cloth stamped in gold. First edition. "John Fox's THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE, a best seller of 1908 and 1909, like his earlier LITTLE SHEPARD OF KINGDOM COME, dealt with the Kentucky mountaineers, but it derived part of it's popularity ... from its appeal to men yearning for freedom and the rugged life" (Hart). "Fox was thoroughly conversant with the manners and customs of the Tennessee-Kentucky mountain folk. He was, moreover, a good story teller, and handled his subjects in a realistic manner. His best known books are probably THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE and THE LITTLE SHEPARD OF KINGDOM COME, both published after 1900" (Fullerton). Fox was one of the most popular American novelists in the 1900s leading up to World War I, a group that generated more than twice as many million-copy-sellers than in the next fifteen-year period (1915-1930). BAL 6256 ("noted" second? printing with all gatherings bound in 16s). Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 F-350. Hart, The Popular Book, p. 214. Small leather Blairhame bookplate affixed to the front paste-down with offset on the front free endpaper. A fine copy. (#177143).

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