Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09
STATE IN LITERATURE
(BY DoANE RoBINsoN.)

(BY DOANE ROBINSON)
Pierre-The exploitation of the ~.
cent works of the Boyles and Han
son in a recent article has trough,
me inquiries from two Librarians VINO
desire to establish distinctively South
! Dakota shelves, for information about
booked fiction by South Dakota writ
| ers. Perhaps others are interested.
The first South Dakota writer OF
fiction, SO far as can learn, was Mrs
George e. Spencer of Deadwood, who
wrote very excellent story of Blask
Hills life which she ruined by giving
1t the vaudeville title of "Ca.amity
Jane" Mrs. SPENCER now resides in
Watertown, N. Y, and the book is out
OF print, but may be obtained Of Sec
ond hand dealers.
Hamlin Garland was the next South
Dakota writer and he has three fic-
tons which are peculiarly ours. They
are Jason !. Edwards. An Average
Man." a Brown county story filled
with, the spirit of the old days of pop
ulism. Many Of the old time Aber-
deem boomers figure in it thinly dis
guised. The Little Norsk,, or Old
Pap's Flaxen," Mcpherson county
story in Garland's best style. Both el
these works are now out of Print,
"Moccasin Ranch" is q recent story
by Garland, which IL rather question
able in its morals It has to do with
homesteading in Brown county. ~
Miss Stella Gilman of Hudson, was
also an early fiction writer and her
THAT Dakota Gill;" and "A Gumbl
Lily" two very creditable books, are
out of print.
Judge George H. Marquis, Of the
Third circuit. has very good little
detective story, entitled "Fairview Z
Mystery"
Marion L. Fox, once editor Of the
Sioux Falls Press, wrote book in
tended to discredit the Philippine war,
which he called Private Smith" It il
out of print.
Rev. w. D. Atwater of sturgis ,lon3
ago published a religious story en-
titled Told Again" I find it occa-
sionally in second hand lists.
Thomas A. Stubbins, YanktOn co.,
lege man, has a patriotic story for
boys, The Patriot" Donohue, Chi
cago.
Eleanor Gates (Tulley) "Autobiog-
raphy of a Prairie Girl" and ''The
Pillow Woman" Mrs Tulley was DO n
near Humboldt, MinIehaha county,
and the old homestead there is the
scene of her first story. The scene Of
the second is along the Missouri from
Fort Randall to Bismarck.
The late DR.. Will Lillibridge OF
Sioux Falls, left five creditable books
Of fiction, the best known of which
was his first, Ben Blair" which had
a remarkable sale, and is still going.
ben Blair" and Where the Trail
Divides are stories of the old cat
tie range region in western South Da-
kota. "The Dominant Dollar" "The
Eternal Question" and one other, q
posthumous work, all have to do with
life in Sioux Falls.
Kate and Virgil Boyles have col
Elaborated upon three fictions: Lang
ford of the Three Bars" tale OF
Lyman county cattle rustling, in which
John @. Anderson as Langford, and
John G. Bartine, the newly elected
state senator from Lyman county, o.
prosecuting attorney, vie for heroic
honors; 1.-THE Homesteaders," quiet
err Lyman county story, and the last,
"The Spirit TRAIL" 6 aphic story
of the Sioux war, all by McClurgs.
John H. Burns, the we'll known at
torney of Deadwood has a splendid
story in his memoirs Of Cow Pony. y
"Eyeryman HIS Chance" is Rapid
! City story, by Miss Matilda Stone
/ Woods, daughter OF the late James M
Woods, the we'll known politician OF
Rapid City. 1t is very good story
published by Badger, Boston.
A further reading of Joseph Mill;
Hansons with Sully in the Sioux
Lands" leaves me doubling the pro-
| priety of chasing that excellent work
as fiction. It is very reliable history
but is as interesting as any fiction.
These works made up a shelf Of
twenty-three highly creditable works
of fiction that are distinctly the work
of South Dakotans and usually upon
South Dakota themes. There are
several other works which for one
reason or another should be upon the
South Dakota shelf.
Governor Gilbert A. Pierce wrote
the Dangerous Woman" story o!
the civil war and the days immediate.
ly following. The Identification of the
author with Dakota makes his work
of special interest.
"The Conquest" by Eva Emery
Dye, is for two reasons ours. 1t ma
much to do with primitive Dakot
affairs and the author is a former
resident, having been the wife of Pro
lessor Emery Of the Madison norma
"The Westerners," by Stewart. Ed
ward White, is story of the Bla,l
Hills, though Mr.. White was nevel
more than a temporary resident O.
the state.
Paul Traver's Adventures wa
written by Sam T. Glover. while
resident of Sioux Falls, but not pub
lished until long time after tE'
author left the state. 1t does no
have much to do with South Dakot;
matters.
"Tonda," by Warren X. Morehead
is a story of the Sioux of South Da
kota and incidentally Of the whit
people who live among them.
There are perhaps others OF tn
class as we'll as other Distinctive!
South Dakota productions, but this !
the complete list which has bee
| gathered in the state library.
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