Letter : London, England, to Alston Deas, Mainz, Germany, 1921 Jan. 27.

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Letter : London, England, to Alston Deas, Mainz, Germany, 1921 Jan. 27.

Letter concerns the person on whom Wister's fictional character "Juno" was based in Wister's novel "Lady Baltimore."

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000028 Born in Pennsylvania, raised in South Carolina, and educated at Harvard, Owen Wister travelled in the Western U.S. as a young man. Although he returned to the East and Harvard law school, he acted upon a friend's suggestion and began writing thrilling Western stories for Harper's. His well-researched stories, particularly The Virginian, he...

Deas, Alston, 1893-1985

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Charleston, South Carolina preservationist, educator, author, and U.S. Army officer. Col. Alston Deas spent nearly sixty years in military service. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Deas later taught there and at The Citadel (Military College of South Carolina). He was president of the Preservation Society of Charleston and chairman of the Charleston Zoning Commission. From the description of Alston Deas papers, 1931-1977. (The South Carolina Historical ...