Letter : Ophelia, Va., to Ted Robinson, Provincetown, Mass., 1946 August 30.

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Letter : Ophelia, Va., to Ted Robinson, Provincetown, Mass., 1946 August 30.

Cabell writes concerning his book There were two pirates and adds that he hoped it was not Robinson who compared its style to that of The rivet in grandfather's neck. He also comments that he enjoyed Gasparilla.

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Robinson, Ted

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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...