Letter to James Southall Wilson, [manuscript] 1948 Apr. 26. 1948.

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Letter to James Southall Wilson, [manuscript] 1948 Apr. 26. 1948.

Cabell writes concerning a review of Let me lie by Dan S. Norton in the New York Times and regarding disposition of Cabell's papers and manuscripts. A copy of Norton's review is enclosed.

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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...

Norton, Daniel Silas, 1908-1951

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