name: James Lane Allen
birth_date: 1849-12-21 00:00:00
death_date: 1925-02-18 00:00:00
genres: Literature & Fiction
avg_rating: 3.45
ratings_count: 166
about: James Lane Allen  was an American novelist and short story writer whose work often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist." James Lane Allen  was an American novelist and short story writer whose work often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist." ...more