Photograph and autograph poem of James Branch Cabell [manuscript], 1923.

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Photograph and autograph poem of James Branch Cabell [manuscript], 1923.

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Photograph, 1923, June 19, James Branch Cabell, with autograph poem, "The Toy Maker," for Frederick B. Eddy.

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Eddy, Frederick B.,

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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...