Charts the rise to prominence of the nineteenth century author and critic, and looks at his life as a planter, husband, and father as well

Simms: A Literary Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Guilds, John Caldwell

Arts & Literature

Univ of Arkansas Pr

Originally published in 1838, Richard Hurdis portrays the "wild and savage" southwest frontier of the new Republic in the 1820s and 30s. When the narrator/protagonist Richard Hurdis daringly infiltrates the criminal network in an effort the stem the corruption and to avenge the brutal murder of his best friend, the scene is set for a powerful story. In Richard Hurdis, Simms the historian, the realist, and the novelist merge to create a memorable book.

Richard Hurdis: A Tale of Alabama (The Simms Series)

SIMMs, William Gilmore

University of Arkansas Press

<p>One of the most important volumes of short fiction published before the Civil War. The Wigwam and the Cabin represents William Gilmore Simms at his very best. It is the work that led Poe to say of Simms, ". . . in invention, in vigor, in movement, in the power of exciting interest, and in the artistical management of his themes, he has surpassed, we think, any of his countrymen." Praised by critics on both sides of the Atlantic, The Wigwam and the Cabin focuses n the Southern frontier that Simms knew so well, a frontier whose vernacular, courage, humor, folklore, violence, injustice, and beauty are vividly brought to life through the strokes of his pen. "I have seen the life," Simms wrote, "―have lived it―and much of my material . . . is the planter, the squatter, the Indian, the negro―the bold and hardy pioneer, the vigorous yeomen―these are the subjects." Simms's portrayal of frontier life is the most realistic and graphic in all nineteenth-century American literature; and the Arkansas edition of The Wigwam and the Cabin, with Dr. Guilds's fine editing and informative introductin, brings back into print an invaluable contribution to the development of the short story in America.</p>

The Wigwam and the Cabin: The Arkansas Edition (The Simms Series)

Literature & Fiction

Simms, William G.

United States

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