Charles Egbert Craddock [Mary Noailles Murfree] — The Bushwhackers and Other Stories

Chicago , Herbert S. Stone and Company , 1899. First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce copy of this short-story collection from Mary Noailles Murfree, published here under her pen name. The first edition. Very scarce work, with only one record found on auction in 1901. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. A collection of stories written by American author Mary Noailles Murfree, published under her pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. The opening tale follows Hilary Knox, a young mountaineer who yearns for adventure and navigates a period of conflict in East Tennessee. Murfree is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, smart, with shelf wear and a small loss to the spine head. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots throughout, heaviest to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .